Vokshi publishes the photos: What position did Ilir Rrapaj hold in the meetings with the ministers?

In a tense session of the Health Investigative Commission, businessman Ilir Rrapaj testified today about his presence in high-level official meetings, facing numerous questions from the commission's chairman, Albana Vokshi. The latter questioned his function in these meetings, where high officials and representatives of the Italian side are present.

Vokshi questioned the presence of Rrapaj as a representative of the Italian Confindustria, which did not appear in the official documents of the meetings, asking for clarification on his role. Rrapaj emphasized that he was invited as a representative of the Italian side, but Vokshi continued to ask for more details, putting him in a difficult position.

Vokshi: What positions did you have here? In these official meetings, where agreements are discussed, only officials participate and those who have a position sit (show the photo). So, please tell me, well, in the first meeting you were invited by Konfindustria, but you had no role, and you just admitted that you had no role in the agreement. Then, why are you here, sitting in official meetings of the minister at high official levels, for a framework agreement?

Rrapaj: Madam, I am not a guest of the minister there. I am an Italian citizen, with all my functions.

Vokshi: I didn't tell the minister, I didn't mention it.

Rrapaj: Why do you mention the minister when there is a president of the region, rectors of universities and public institutions?

Vokshi: Because meetings where ministers are present are high-level meetings, that's what I'm saying.

Rrapaj: Why should I worry if it's high or low? It is an official public meeting where I have my functions delegated by the Italian institutions. I have the function of assistant to the entire entourage involved in bringing to the end the crowning of these meetings, which ends with the signature of the memorandum. This is the preparatory stage, the research stage.

Vokshi: Anyone who has been part of the administration knows that meetings where ministers are present are high-level meetings, and not everyone participates. Since you say that you are not part of the Albanian side, then, just to understand, what is your role in these high-level meetings for the Italian side? Whose representative were you?

Rrapaj: Madam, I'm sorry, I'm not just an Albanian or Italian citizen, but a representative of the Italian side, which has chosen me for this function.

Vokshi: Since you speak Italian well?

Rrapaj: Madam, I don't just speak Italian well. It is not a simple matter of mastering a language.

Vokshi: To close this part, what was your position in these meetings?

Rrapaj: I am not just a citizen, but a representative of an association, Konfin Italia, which is part of Konfindustria, for medium and large Italian companies.

Vokshi: But these meetings were not with the Italian Confindustria, but with the University of Umbria and the region of Umbria. In the documents I have read, there is no mention of the Italian Confindustria. I'm not saying you're lying, but maybe he wasn't the delegate of the Italian Confindustria, but of someone else, because in the minutes I have it doesn't say that he was a representative of the Confindustria.