Berisha: We will receive 1.3 billion euros from the Port of Durres and distribute salaries and pensions to citizens

DP leader Sali Berisha from Fier said that the 1.3 billion euros that the government has planned to invest in the construction of a new port in Porto Romano when the DP comes to power will be redirected to increase salaries and pensions, significantly improving the standard of living of Albanians.

Berisha: That's why you need to sit down with every resident of this district, sit down.

We have promised a 200 euro living wage and with these 200 euros we change the lives of the 57 percent of pensioners in Albania who do not receive a full pension. We change the lives of all pensioners in the village. We change the lives of every unemployed citizen. We change the lives of every citizen on economic assistance.

But a government that is elected by its citizens has the primary duty to protect their interests.

Only a colonialist who hates the nation he conquered can leave 16 million euros for 780 thousand pensioners.

Will they tell him where he gets the money? You will give each one two explanations. When this gentleman was prime minister, the budget was not 8 billion, it was at most 4 billion. But the budget was divided, the fund for roads and the fund for citizens. Did salaries double? Let a teacher, a nurse, a doctor come out and say that salaries did not double.

But of course, if he acts like this guy who leaves one tenth for salaries and one 512th for pensions, of course people will talk to themselves, of course people will suffer for their bread.

So, ask the question, how is it possible that with a budget half that, 11 thousand kilometers of roads were built from Hani i Hotit to Kosovica in Gjirokastra. How is it possible that salaries were doubled, pensions were doubled? Of course, the money was distributed.

What happens today? Where does the rest of the money go? The rest of the money goes into the pockets of the government officials.

Because my friends, you are witnesses, we built this road connecting Lushnje with Fier with 1 million euros per kilometer.

The road from Shkëmbi i Kavajës to Lushnje, except for the segment we found, was built at a cost of 1.2 million euros per kilometer.

The Fier bypass was a 2.3 million euro kilometer project, which is 27 meters wide, with all those works of art.

Edi Rama stepped in with Vali Bizhga and transformed the price.

So, where are we going to find the money? The money is because these people build the road at 10 times, 15 times the price. Have construction prices increased over the years? Yes. How much have they increased? Prices have increased a total of 35 percent.

So if it cost 1 million euros, today it should cost 1.3 million euros, not 15 million euros. These people steal 90 percent of what they procure.

Where will we find the money? We will get 1.3 billion euros from the Port of Durres. We are closing the thousand-year-old port to build a new port in Porto Romano with 1.3 billion euros. No, it will not be built. Those 1.3 billion will be distributed to citizens in salaries and pensions.

And I guarantee you one thing, this is just the beginning.

This is just the beginning and it is with strong reservations that we can say even more.

This foundation is excellent for us to walk on and come out on top again.