The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development, Nik Đeljošaj, violated the Law on Prevention of Corruption when he was the head of the Municipality of Tuzi, because he did not report accurate and complete data regarding income, shares and cars.
This is stated in the decision of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK), which was adopted two years after the procedure was initiated by former director Jelena Perović.
"It is established that Nik Đeljošaj, as a public official - the president of the Municipality of Tuzi, violated Article 25, Paragraph 2 of the Law on Prevention of Corruption, because in the report on income and assets for the year 2020, he did not report accurate and complete data in the way that he reported in the name of earnings income lower by EUR 594,24, he did not report that in January he received EUR 1.000 from the Municipality of Tuzi in the name of remuneration for the work of members of the working bodies, the winter allowance earned in September in the amount of EUR 180, passenger motor vehicles V Passat and Renault megan, while in the name of his wife he reported an annual income lower by 960,16, and he did not report 4.500 shares with the issuer Eurofond", the ASK decision reads.
It is stated that Đeljošaj pointed out that passenger motor vehicles were not owned by him in 2020, and that he did not report them for that reason.
"In relation to his wife's shares, he pointed out that she sold all 5.000 shares, so he does not know how they were managed in her name in 2020. Spori alleges that he earned 1.000 euros because he was never part of the working body of the Municipality, about which he said he would make an additional statement in the next seven days from the day of the oral hearing, as well as in relation to the income from the winter camp. The agency submitted the results of the examination procedure to the public official, which he duly received on 20.1. 2023, which he did not declare," the decision states.
KAS, they claim, in order to determine the facts and circumstances necessary for making a proper and legal decision, conducted the procedure and inspected part of the database of that institution, as well as the Tax Administration, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, AD Central Clearing Depository Company.
From that institution, they explain that after evaluating the evidence derived from the part of the database and the Report on Income and Assets, they determined that Đeljošaj violated Article 25, Paragraph 2 of the Law on Prevention of Corruption.
"The agency also appreciated the statements of the public official who pointed out that the statements regarding the income in the amount of 1.000 euros, and that he was never part of the working body of the Municipality, the statements regarding passenger motor vehicles, that they were not owned by him in 2020 ., that the wife sold 5.000 shares, but that she sold them so she does not know how they were held in her name in 2020, and that she will make an additional statement about the aforementioned within seven days from the day of the oral hearing, which is not did, so the Agency found that the statements from the oral hearing have no influence on a different decision in this administrative matter, because Article 25 paragraph 2 of the Law on Prevention of Corruption stipulates the obligation of public officials to submit income and property reports with accurate and complete data, which is in the specific case, it was absent", concludes the decision of the ASK.
The proceedings against Đeljošaj were initiated at the time when Perović was the head of ASK, but it received its epilogue only last week, in the mandate of the new management.
In April of this year, after Perović was arrested on suspicion of abusing her official position, Đeljošaj assessed that the media coverage of the case was a circus and announced that Albanians are very grateful to Perović for the verdict she passed in 2016. .
"Albanians are very grateful to her for that procedure, for these other things, if someone did something, of course they will be held accountable and in that context I may have made a connection, which may also be related to this case. I think that maybe the Albanians would be ready for all these things, if she damaged something, to help her return these funds from what they are, the feelings towards that act from 2016", said Đeljošaj at the press conference after the Government session. .
Commenting on that statement, Finance Minister Novica Vuković said that after more than a decade since its establishment, the budget inspection has started to do its job and that he believes that this is clear above all to all members of the Government, regardless of the results of the controls, and the Prime Minister supported him in this. Milojko Spajić.
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