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Saranda Ramaj
- February 4, 2022 20:11 AM
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One day before the expiration of the deadline for the completion of the investigations in the case of the additional payment of 53 million euros to the "Bechtel Enka" consortium, the Special Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment. Accused in this affair is former minister Pal Lekaj and his former chief of staff, Eset Berisha. Nebih Shatri, an official of the Ministry of Infrastructure, is also part of the indictment, but, as TIME's sources have said, he was not accused of the payment, but of a tender for the expansion of the highway
The affair of the payment of additional 53 million euros in the name of delays, for the "Bechtel-Enka" consortium, which built the "Arbën Xhaferi" highway, has gone to court.
The Special Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment against former minister Pal Lekaj and his chief of staff, Eset Berisha.
As KOHA has learned, Lekaj and Berisha are being accused of hiding the report of the "Hill" company, which had argued that the debt of 53 million euros was unrealistic and that the Government would have to pay 39 million euros less than what was required.
The press release does not provide details about the indictment.
According to the announcement, Nebih Shatri is also an accused, but the television has learned that he is not directly accused of the payment of 53 million euros, but of a contract for the expansion of the road on the "Arbën Xhaferi" highway and that at the time of this tender he is a responsible person in the Ministry of Infrastructure.
The Special Prosecution filed this indictment one day before the end of the legal term it had available.
KOHA more than two years ago provided a report of the company "Hill", which was contracted by the Government of Kosovo to supervise the construction of the highway "Arbën Xhaferi".
The Government of Kosovo had established an interministerial committee for the construction of the "Arbën Xhaferi" highway. The members of this committee were not aware of this report and at that time the Ministry of Infrastructure reacted against the report by denying the existence of the report. KOHA still has a copy of the report with the date of submission to this ministry.
This report had not officially gone to the Government, but had stopped at the Ministry of Infrastructure, and in its absence, a payment of 53 million euros had been approved.
