TIRANA, Aug 22 /ATA/ – Lulzim Basha, leader of the Euro-Atlantic Democrats, has outlined his party’s plans to combat corruption in the country, saying “Albania loses billions of euros to mass corruption.
Basha noted that corruption is still a serious concern, describing the scourge of corruption “a big gangrene of the society and the country’s economic development.”
The opposition leader took to the social media on Thursday to unveil a series of proposals aimed at combating corruption in the country, including support for the Special Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime Prosecution Structure and Courts, establishment of an Assets Detection and Recovery Unit, verification of the concessions, and the private-public partnership contracts awarded over the past years.
One of the most striking elements of Basha’s agenda is the proposal to transform the State Supreme Audit into a State Audit Court with executive powers, changes to the anti-Mafia law to combat high-profile corruption.
“Corruption remains the biggest gangrene of the society and the country’s economic development. Albanians have lost over 10 billion euros due to massive corruption. Our program proposes quick and concrete anticorruption actions. We will establish the Assets Discovery and Recovery Unit that will be tasked with tracing the stolen assets of Albanians and return them to the public treasury; full and comprehensive support, as well as cooperation with SPAK and GJKKO; legal changes to the “Anti-Mafia” Law to fight high officials corruption and abuses; verification of concession contracts, PPPs, public procurements and cancellation of any corrupt contracts; confiscation of assets of public officials involved in corruption affairs and abusive PPPs,” Basha said.
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