Anatomy of a Robber: When Arben Ahmetaj signaled the investigation of Belinda Balluku...

Rama's circle is narrowing more and more. His own people, from ministers, MPs and mayors, have become 'cellmates', where one after another is falling into the hands of justice.

The same is the fate of Belinda Balluku. The Deputy Prime Minister has received a summons from the Special Prosecution Office, which has already registered her as a person under investigation. Balluku is expected to appear at SPAK on Monday, accompanied by a lawyer.

The investigation against her was apparently also warned by Arben Ahmetaj, former No. 2 in the Rama government, who, after being dismissed with the prime minister's signature 3 years ago, was succeeded by Belinda Balluku.

In an interview with journalist Çim Peka for Syri TV, Ahmetaj spoke from Switzerland, where he is on the run, about the government's corrupt affairs, focusing on Balluku.

'The biggest plunderer of the state budget'

Referring to Balluk, the former deputy prime minister described her as "the biggest looter of the state budget," a theft that he estimated to have caused "twice as much" damage as the 2019 earthquake.

"Forgive me, because I will also refer to it with figures, but since the time of Ismail Qemali, but not the virtual one that the head of the organization puts out, the real one, Belinda Balluku is the biggest looter of the state budget. Believe me, in my calculations, taking direct references from businesses today, and you know very well that I have become an information nugget, today, the damage caused by Belinda Balluku to the budget is twice as great as the 2019 earthquake. Her own damage, I'm not talking about the damage of all the other members, the damage of the looter herself, is twice as great as the 2019 earthquake."

'Tenders under Balluk increased by 11 billion lek'

The affairs were reaching their peak and according to Ahmetaj, the current deputy prime minister has committed massive thefts to the extent that she has increased the level of tenders by 11 billion. Ahmetaj emphasized that with the Llogara tunnel alone, "she has swallowed the equivalent of two incinerators in Fier and Elbasan and the equivalent of 15 large schools."

"He continues to hold a record in the history of Albania, he has led the tender level to 11 billion, then I will also show you the successes, because he comes to parliament and says we have built schools, we have built kindergartens... With the Llogara tunnel alone, I will say, he has swallowed the equivalent of two incinerators in Fier and Elbasan and the equivalent of 15 large schools, he has swallowed the biggest looter, but we will return to the tunnel. I will also ask some questions that lead us in the direction of the truth to help SPAK."

'He paid people to protest Veliaj'

Once 'brother and sister', Balluku - Veliaj quickly turned into an open struggle for power. The division between them did not escape the scrutiny of the media or online commentaries, but Ahmetaj himself reinforced the division within the SP.

"Her people have paid people to go to the protest. Look, when you finish this interview, you'll sit down with people, your fellow journalists, and they'll say, 'Yes, we know this, man, what did you say... tell them.'"

'Minister of 5B'

Ahmetaj accused Balluku of appointing 5 ministers to the government, one of whom was Pirro Vëngu of Defense, with the main goal: completing the chain of looting.

"Today, if you look at it from the party's side, if you look at the government, today the government is the 5D format of the Tirana municipality, if it's not 5D, it's 5B. The biggest looter in the history of Albania of the state budget, has appointed 5 ministers, two in collaboration with the exponents, 5 ministers to complete the chain of looting. What is Pirro Vëngu dealing with? He deals with the properties of the army. Someone within the Ministry of Defense told me that this man is only coming because he is eager to hand over the properties. You have seen the narrative, there has been talk about Porto Palermo, it is that tourist masturbation that Quest said, in DAVOS, I hope the Albanians have seen it. So, honorable Mr. Peka, the 5B, the Minister of Finance was taken from the structures of the former Ministry of Infrastructure, okay, the Minister of Interior is a separate story, a separate chapter that, 'for the record'. The head of the organization, once, when "He worked as the director of tax investigation and was fired for corruption."

Balluku, an instrument of corruption

In the wake of the accusations, Ahmetaj gave Balluk a clear portrait of the hand of corruption. As for turning a blind eye to justice, the former deputy prime minister said that fear does not allow them to shout the truth about Balluk.

“Yes. It is the main instrument of corruption. It is unbelievable, unimaginable. The others are already out of the government. Some of them are afraid that they might even be removed from the list of deputies. Others are no longer deputies. One of them is now the political leader of a district. He has decided to remain silent. He has made a compromise with himself, and I do not judge him. Fear is the main obstacle. And fear of what? The Prime Minister is trying to put them in an insecure position for their career or for their future security, not in the sense of life security, but from SPAK—the whip in the hands of the Prime Minister.”