"McGonigal was a partner with 25% of an Albanian company", Salianji: Edi Rama should at least resign today

DP MP, Ervin Salianji said that the Rama-McGonigal corruption affair is worth millions of dollars. According to him, the amount of 225 thousand dollars mentioned in the American indictment is only the amount seized. He said the former FBI official had business interests with Western-sanctioned Russians and Edi Rama in Albania. Salianji also brought out the figure of the Rama-McGonigal affair, which according to him amounts to 300 million dollars, just for one of the companies.

"This is the most serious affair ever caught in 32 years. For the first time in world history, what neither the Russians nor the Chinese do, the prime minister of the Republic of Albania through corrupt mechanisms manages to influence, caught by the American justice institutions, as a person who has influenced through third parties for political interests in the leader, the most senior FBI official ever arrested and brought to trial in all of US history. All international media have turned the prime minister of Albania into the main target. 225 thousand dollars are captured, but here we are talking about millions of euros. It is about at least 300 million dollars.

The indictment states that Persons A and B had financial interests. As a deputy, I see how many interests there can be in the oil business. According to the data published in the media, McGonigal was a partner with 25% in an Albanian company Law Office & Investigation currently with suspended activity. This company was founded by Dizdari in 2018. In 2019, he sells the shares for $3 to McGonigal, Rosini and Agron Neza. Shefqet Dizdari turns out to be the administrator of Trans Oil and Terra Oil Swiss, now returned. This company results that in 2018, after the meeting was held on September 9, 2017, it was declared the winner of the concession in three oil fields in the south of Albania. These three oil fields, the selection of this company was made in violation of equality in tenders from Gjiknuri,

Edi Rama has undermined democracy by attacking political opponents. We are in the conditions where Edi Rama should at least resign today. Justice, if there is 1% justice, should start an investigation to connect all the elements that is enough with a simple search on the network to understand that it is done for 300 million dollars at least in one company only", said Salianji in "Çim Peka Live" .