MP of the Democratic Party (DP), Flamur Hoxha has reacted on Sunday regarding the report of the US Department of State's 2022 Investment Climate Statements, declaring that everything is due to the failure of Prime Minister Edi Rama. 

According to Hoxha, the DoS report has been warning for years that democracy is being violated, democratic principles are not being implemented in the country, there is no equality in public tenders with government funds, PPPs are corrupt, American companies are being lynched and that foreign investors have left. 

"Every year, we are punished by the international reports of America and Europe, we fall lower and lower in the ranking, we raise several times the champagne of fraud and talks on EU membership. 

Edi Rama sells failure as success, his great choir echoes deceptions as success, all his media want to present funeral music as dance music as if renaissance Albania is blooming... 

Surprisingly, for the same melody of crime and corruption, the conductor highness does not accept his failure, and even more surprisingly, the internationals in Albania only listen in the background with headphones to this stale music that deafens the Albanians who mourn the abandonment of the country. 

The DoS report has been warning for years that democracy is being violated, democratic principles are not implemented in the country, there is no equality in public tenders with government funds, PPPs are corrupt, American companies are also being lynched, foreign investments have left", said Hoxha among other things.

However, the report said:

"Despite a sound legal framework, foreign investors perceive Albania as a difficult place to do business. They cite endemic corruption, including in the judiciary and public procurements, unfair competition, informal economy, frequent changes of the fiscal legislation, and poor enforcement of contracts as continuing challenges for investment and business in Albania. Reports of corruption in government procurement are commonplace. The continued use of public private partnership (PPP) contracts has reduced opportunities for competition, including by foreign investors, in infrastructure and other sectors. Poor cost-benefit analyses and a lack of technical expertise in drafting and monitoring PPP contracts are ongoing concerns. U.S. investors are challenged by corruption and the perpetuation of informal business practices. Several U.S. investors have faced contentious commercial disputes with both public and private entities, including some that went to international arbitration. In 2019 and 2020, a U.S. company’s attempted investment was allegedly thwarted by several judicial decisions and questionable actions of stakeholders involved in a dispute over the investment. The case is now in international arbitration.

Property rights continue to be a challenge in Albania because clear title is difficult to obtain. There have been instances of individuals allegedly manipulating the court system to obtain illegal land titles. Overlapping property titles is a serious and common issue. The compensation process for land confiscated by the former communist regime continues to be cumbersome, inefficient, and inadequate. Nevertheless, parliament passed a law on registering property claims on April 16, 2020, which will provide some relief for title holders."