PD: The Municipality of Tirana is a thief of citizens' taxes, stealing 170 million Lek with seedlings

The head of the Department of Agriculture in DP, Hasan Cani in a statement to the media said that the Municipality of Tirana produced the fraud of the decade with the orbital forest and 1 million trees. 

Cani stated that from the calculations of the market price for a seedling which costs 80 lek a root, it appears that the cost of planting for all 20 ha of acacia is less than the fund provided by the Municipality, over 111 million lek.

Full statement: 

The Municipality of Tirana does not waste any time to steal. He always shows more and more creativity, even to add more oxygen to the theft fantasy, he has thought of robbing Albanians' taxes in the name of greenness.

But when the Municipality of Tirana talks about greenery, we are all clear that this is so unreliable.

We recall that the Municipality of Tirana produced the deception of the decade with the orbital forest and 1 million trees. "Citizens Channel" journalist Arbjona Çibuku, winner of the prize from the OSCE, investigated and discovered that "Tirana's orbital forest not only does not exist but is 200 years away from realization".

Ridiculous propaganda which has begun to create imaginary forests with unjustified values. It has become more of an object of ridicule on the net,

In this area of ​​the mountain ( photos below ), the Municipality has decided to tender the afforestation of an area of ​​20 ha to plant 50 thousand acacia seedlings.

The limit fund is over ALL 280 million.

But from the calculations of the market price for a sapling, which costs 80 lek per root, it turns out that the cost of planting for all 20 ha of acacia is less than the fund provided by the Municipality, over 111 million lek.

The difference shows that over 170 million lek is not known in which pocket they will end up.

Here we are dealing with an abusive and predetermined tender. The fact shows that the tender does not require the quality and phytosanitary certificate of seedlings, planting material, which is the main one in this case.

And the technical argument is as follows:

1. Në preventiv përcaktohet se do të pastrohet 200 mijë m2 sipërfaqe nga drizat e ferrat. Në realitet kjo sipërfaqe është e eroduar dhe nuk ka të tilla. (Tregon foton).

Teknikisht në qoftëse sipërfaqja mbulohet me bimësi mbi 10% territorit dhe me lartësi nga 0,5 m deri në 5 m konsiderohet sipërfaqe pyll shkurre. (Ligji 57/2020 ‘Për pyjet).

Në qoftëse ka më pak se 10% shkallë mbulimi nuk kanë pse të hiqet bimësia se mbrojnë tokën nga erozioni.

2. Po në preventiv planifikohet transporti i largët, qe i llogarit fidanat ton – km ( në sasinë 50.000 ton) çka i bie 1 fidan një ton.

Pse tenderi është abuziv dhe i paracaktuar në kritere:

Krahas vlerës shumë të lartë, Bashkia Tiranë në kriteret teknike ka vendosur që subjekti pjesëmarrës të ketë:

• Motorrsek për krasitje në lartësi;

• Pajisje për kapjen e degëve në lartësi;

• Shkallë për ngjitje në lartësi;

• Scissors for cutting bags;

• Crane for cutting branches at a height of not less than 10 m

None of these devices are related to planting seedlings. The question is asked: What will the equipment expect when the sapling is at a height of 1m, but the crane for cutting branches at a height of not less than 10m?

The Municipality of Tirana has turned into a thief of citizens' taxes, and the 170 million lek stolen with the saplings is another evidence of abuse.