Basha: Oil price scandal
05/12/2014

The opposition leader, Lulzim Basha, accused the government for not allowing a price drop of the oil price in Albania, when it has dropped with 40% in the international markets.

“The government has allowed their clients in this business, so that they can buy oil 40% cheaper and sell it with the same price as before, and the money doesn’t go at the state’s budget”, Basha declared.

“There is only one country in Europe and in our planet where the oil price has not dropped with 40%. This country is the Albania of Rama and Meta. Why didn’t Albania reflect the 40% price drop? One of the reasons is the high taxes imposed by this government, the highest in the region. The other one is smuggling, informality and tax evasion that is allowed, encouraged and coordinated by the mafia government and their clients who operate in the production, import and trade of fuels. The government has let these clients buy it 40% cheaper and sell it to the people 40% higher. This money is paid by the Albanian tax payers who are being stolen. This mega-corruption in Albania was established with the arrival of the Rama-Meta duo, who are the merciless burden on the pockets of the personal economy of every Albanian. Albania must protest. Protest is the only answer to oligarchs”, Basha declared.