DP’s Bardhi: Unimaginable greed to steal, toilet paper procurement procedure declared secret

25/04/2020 15:03

Democratic Party General Secretary, Gazment Bardhi, stated today that the government has classified as secret 10 procurement tenders, including one for the purchase of toilet paper.

“In this difficult time of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been proven that the government’s top priority is to steal in any form or manner. Even more disturbing is the silence of the prosecution agencies, which are quarantined in the pockets of Edi Rama, which has made the government thieves take courage.

“On the one hand, Edi Rama shouts from morning to night that the budget has no money to provide more support for families in need, for small business, for manufacturing businesses, for farmers or tourism, and on the other hand does not leave a chance pass without stealing with tenders. The new form of abusing Albanian money in this time of pandemic is the classification as secret of the anti-COVID tenders.

“They were not satisfied with stealing from masks for medics, with test kits for citizens, with respirators for the most affected by the virus, devices which were bought up to 4 times the market price, but now this is extended to toilet paper. Yes, you heard me right.

“They classified as ‘secret’ the purchase of toilet paper for COVID patients and medical staff. There were 10 new tenders held on April 18, which the Government has again classified as secret. It is unimaginable that among these secret contracts are tenders for the purchase of hygienic paper and handkerchiefs.

“I’m sure anyone who is listening to this now doesn’t believe their ears. But the decision of Edi Rama’s government, published last night in the official gazette, leaves no room for any conjecture. Toilet paper procurement for COVID patients and the medical staff have been kept secret. There can be no greater misery for this government. It has gone so far as to use a procedure for the essential interest of the state, to certainly cover their next theft with the secret tender of toilet paper”, stated Bardhi among other things.

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