PD lists the abuses of the mayor of Shijak

The Democratic Party has denounced this Saturday the abuses of the mayor of Shijak, Elton Arbana.

The spokeswoman for Anticorruption in DP, Genta Vangjeli, declares that the DP office has received several denunciations from residents of Shijak regarding the violations of the mayor of this municipality, Elton Arbana.

DP denounces that Elton Arbana, in violation of the law, has approved a construction permit for the first complex of villas with the address Lagjia Popullore Shijak.

DP further denounces that Shijak Municipality, in violation of the law, deposits waste in a forest cadastral area, at a distance of about 100 m near the Erzen river, between the villages of Cizmeli, Shetel and Eminas i Vogël, committing an environmental crime since the municipality itself, this area, has registered in its inventory as a forest area.

The anti-corruption spokeswoman further stated that some residents who were affected by the 2019 earthquake had their land taken to build a supermarket.

The statement of the anti-corruption spokeswoman in DP, Genta Vangjeli:

Complaints from the residents of Shijak regarding the violations of the mayor of this municipality, Elton Arbana, have arrived at the address of the DP Anticorruption.

1. By means of Decision no. 369, dated 03.08.2020 (no. 6095 prot), Elton Arbana, in violation of the law, has approved a construction permit for the first complex of villas with the address Lagjia Popullore Shijak.

The whistleblowers point out that the Residential Complex was built on agricultural land, (Shilore Shijak Hill), with a building permit in violation of the law on urban planning, since only the KKT has the powers for building permits for residential complexes and that in exchange for this building permit, the Mayor together with 2-3 employees of the municipality were awarded with 1 villa each. They also made available to us the footage you see behind me.

2. Throwing garbage in the forest..

The Municipality of Shijak, in violation of the law, even though it officially declares the opposite in words, deposits the waste in a forest cadastral area, at a distance of about 100 m near the Erzen river, between the villages of Cizmeli, Shetel and Eminas i Vogël (Gjepalaj Shijak), committing an environmental crime after itself the municipality has registered this area in its inventory as a forest area.

The waste is buried underground in alluvial layers, thus contaminating the surrounding well water.

The whistleblowers also cited that the procedure was falsified during the review and decision-making of the municipal council for this purpose, since its members were not presented with the real situation and the agricultural specialists at the municipality were forced to give conclusions in favor of the violation of the law, it is not received confirmation from the prefecture, the study of the area in question has not been carried out, nor have other state structures been approached for opinions before making this decision, as it is clearly seen from the view that this is a forest area.

3. Houses were given to residents who were affected by the 2019 earthquake and in return they took the land to build a supermarket...

This photo shows the location of three houses demolished with the aim of illegally acquiring the land by the Mayor and the illegal giving of 3 apartments built after the natural disaster (earthquake 2019) in exchange for the land to 3 citizens with the initials: D. RR., M. RR., and RR. RR.

4. For a building undamaged by the earthquake, 8 thousand ALL were received as compensation. It is about the building where OSHEE Shijak has been operating for 12 years. A bar-restaurant business operates on the 2nd floor.

The building cannot be damaged by the natural disaster of the 2019 earthquake, since the uninterrupted exercise of the activity of OSHEE Shijak has been working all the time.

5. The whistleblowers indicated that before the 2019 earthquake, about 60 families were homeless and in the end about 180 families were compensated.

Various families in order to get as much housing as possible after the earthquake have carried out fictitious divorces, such as the case of the family with the surname "F".

In addition to the above, according to the media, Elton Arbana is remembered as being involved in the BILD wiretapping related to file 339 in which socialist officials are subject to criminal groups.