In discussion with the press on Friday, opposition leader Lulzim Basha warned the private company Fusha shpk that it would enjoy the fruits of its criminal project intending to build skyscrapers on the public land where the National Theater is currently built.
Basha stated:
Today, I want to give Fusha shpk, and any other company that allows itself to become a tool, a clear warning: there is no way you will get to enjoy the fruits of such a criminal endeavor. There is zero chance. Every action of Fusha shpk or any other entity will be the subject of an amended anti-mafia law. We will begin on the first day we come into office, we will confiscate every property and cent that has been acquired by breaking the law.
He stated that “we must not allow a corruptive special law to rob public wealth, to destroy cultural monuments, to award the opportunity to profit €205 million with no competition or tender.”
Basha called the passing of the special law for the Theater a “declaration of war against public interests and cultural heritage”. He stressed that the passing of this law, in the absence of a functioning Constitutional Court, “mean that, tomorrow, this man [Prime Minister Edi Rama] can do anything he wants.”
“What Edi Rama is doing to the Theater, today, tomorrow, he will do to your property. Your store, your restaurant, your farms, your homes,” Basha concluded.
The special law is currently under consideration of President Ilir Meta. As today is the last session of Parliament before the summer recess, the special law will most probably be back on the agenda in the new parliamentary year.
