Budget for the extension of the vetting process mandate will be increased, informed Wednesday the Minister of Economy and Finance, Delina Ibrahimaj while marking that funds, which will be allocated for the concessions in Albania during 2022 will be lower than the ones during 2021.

During the proceedings of Laws Commission, she revealed that the doubling of Special Prosecution against Organized Crime and Corruption (SPAK) funds is related to the requests to complete the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

However, these pieces of information were released by the Minister after she was asked by the MP of the Democratic Party (DP), Enkelejd Alibeaj about what will happen to the Vetting process, but also to the 13 concessions and what their costs will be.

“Regarding the doubling of the budget for SPAK, it is mainly related to the requests that have come for the completion of BKH. We with total transparency, have published all the cases that are in arbitration. It is the state advocacy, and at the end of the total procedures, it addresses the Ministry of Finance in writing to make the payment.

The reason we present this data is for the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance. These are budgetary practices provided by the Ministry of Finance, in order to have the financial capacity to facilitate payments.

The same goes for processes. There are 13 concessions, in total payments for concessions are provided in the amount of 14.5 billion ALL. The funds that will go to the concessions in 2022 are smaller than in 2021.

As for payments to former political persecutors, we try to make these payments as soon as possible. In 2022, 1 billion ALL is foreseen. We strive to provide these funds as soon as possible”, proclaimed the Minister.