Army naval base under seizure, VOA: SPAK investigates the privatization of Limion in Saranda

The Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime has accepted the request of the Special Prosecution for the preventive seizure of the "Auxiliary Base, Limion, Saranda".

Naval base which is the property of the Albanian army since July 2020, by decision of the government.

It was leased, as part of a much larger territory, of over 265 thousand square meters, to the merger of the companies "Concord Investment" sh.pk and "Kastrati Group" sh.a., represented by the company "Marina Bay Saranda" ltd.

According to the Court's decision, which the Voice of America has been able to see, the prosecutor's submission that the investment in the field of tourism, or other constructions by the investor, on property 696 (Auxiliary Base, Limion) should be stopped is considered correct. ), for the reason that the free disposal of this property by private entities, affects the readiness and operationality of the Naval Force, operationality which must continue to be carried out by the competent body, which is the Naval Force Command, without the intervention of private entities".

The investigation into this issue was initiated after a report by the former Deputy Commander of the Naval Force Artur Meçollari, according to which the leasing was done in violation, as this base is part of the Deployment and Deployment Plan of the army, and for this reason for this reason, the approval of the President of the Republic, in the capacity of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, would have to be obtained.

The government, for its part, has referred to a decision of the Council of Ministers from 2014 "for determining the criteria, procedure and manner of leasing, enphyteosis or other contracts of state property".

According to her, it is about rental use, and not extraction from the Expansion and Placement Plan, which would also require the approval of the President./VOA