Arrested for abuse of office, Vangjush Dako appears before GJKKO today, here's what to expect

The former mayor of Durrës, Vangjush Dako, appears today before the Special Court. The session will take place at 10:00 and Dako will be introduced to the security measure. Currently, Vangjush Dako is being held at the Security Block on "Mine Peza" street, while his lawyer, Petrit Ismaili, has described the prison arrest as unnecessary, saying that SPAK is facing pressure from the media and the international community.

Vangjush Dako and his former colleagues in the municipality are accused of abuse of office and falsification of documents in two cases. It is about a building that started with 7 floors in 2010 and completed 11 floors in 2014 and was damaged by the earthquake in 2019. The builder of the building, Fiqiri Farruku, was also arrested for this. In this case, Vangjush Dako, the Director of the Directorate of Control and Planning of the Territory, Adhurim Qehajaj, is accused. Architect Ermal Lama, designer Meri Semini, surveyors Fatmir Ejupi and Adrian Bulku.

The second case concerns a tender dated March 25, 2014 for consulting services, the provision of a project called "Implementation design for the Coastal Promenade and the public beach from Elbow to Currila". Vangjush Dako and the working group consisting of Adhurim Qehajaj, Diana Dedja, Adnan Tocila are accused of this, members whose task was to determine the terms of reference and the limit fund.

Initially, the limit fund of the said tender was 21 million ALL, but because the surface of the project was changed from 2.04 hectares to 20.4 hectares, the value reached 210 million ALL. Although KLSH requested in 2015 that measures be taken to recover the damage, not only was this not done, but the company paid off 40% of the remaining value, causing damage to the state of 18 million ALL.

Exactly the "mistake" with a decimal point was the reason for the 10-fold increase in the value of the tender for the beach promenade in Durrës. The tender dated March 25, 2014 was also denounced by Ferdinand Xhaferraj, chairman of the DP in Durrës, in 2020.