The head of the DP campaign in Tirana, Mirela Karabina, in a media statement, said that “Erion Veliaj continues to deceive and mislead public opinion regarding educational facilities and the service provided by them. In electoral meetings, he promises to build new schools, but does not account for underinvestment in schools over the years.”

“Erion Veliaj has left 70 thousand residents of Yzberisht without a school. 8 years after the promise that a school would be built, the 9-year-old school has not only not been built yet, but the trace where it was planned to be built has been deviated. This is in violation of the urban planning rules according to which the neighborhood must have a 9-year school no further than 500 meters from the residential building and a secondary school no further than 1000 meters, and based on feasibility it is needed one 9-year school for 6,000 thousand inhabitants and 1 secondary school for 9,000 inhabitants,” she said.

According to her, the area of Astir numbers 25 thousand inhabitants with only one school built so far, and the excuse given during the electoral meetings is court proceedings.

“Liqeni i Thate” residents have no school nearby. The school constructions by PPP have a high financial cost. Schools are being built through 6.8% loans, while the Municipality could build them by tender and income from school infrastructure taxes,” Karabina pointed out.
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