Today, court hearings against Pal Lekat and others for 53 million

On May 4th, former Minister of Infrastructure, Pal Lekaj and others have been declared innocent in the case of “53m euros”.

Otherwise, the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK) on February 4th 2021 had filed charges against the top.

And on February 19, The PSRK announced that in this regard, on February 18th, an indictment has also been filed against Besim Tahiri.

According to the indictment filed on February 4th, 2022 by the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo, on September 27, 2017, Pal Lekaj, in the quality of the Ministry of Infrastructure Ministry (MI) and as chairman of the Interministerial Committee (KDNM) and Nebinder Shatri, as secretary-general in this ministry, in co-operation and deliberately, even with the defendant Tahiri é director of Public Procurement in MI, who for the time being peaceful for the prosecution, using the office and authority, having overstepped competencies, and failed to fulfill the official duties, with the intent of bringing harm to the other person's budget in Kosovo.

The charge is said to be the same, contrary to the 04/04 Public Procurement Law. L- 042, Stattatin and KDNM's Code of Conduct and the terms of the July 1st 2014 contract have signed agreements on MI's behalf as employers on one side and the joint venture “Bechtel & Enka” as contractor on the other, for extending the term for completion of the work for even 347 days and from January 18th 2018 as defined in the basic contract, until December 31st, 2018, not specifying the financial cost.

The move, according to the prosecution, has left open the possibility of OE “Bechtel & Enka” so that on November 27, 2017, I can submit to the employer the request for additional payment of 63m euros, on behalf of the extension of the completion deadline, which has subsequently dropped to the value of 53m and 100 thousand euros.

As a consequence of these actions of the defendants, the same has been approved for payment by the Government of Kosovo, much which is in full conflict with the opinion of contract supervisor “Heil International”, under the cerrast, as a result of the actions of the defendants, the Kosovo budget, has been caused to suffer damages of 38 million and 321 thousand and 346 euros.

At the second point of the indictment, Eset Berisha continues from September 27th to June 5, 2018, in Pristina in the quality of official persons -- Lekaj and his senior political adviser -- Eset Berisha deliberately and in co-operation with each other, using the official position, with the implementation of the project “Auttastrada Pristina Hani of Elez R6 “ -- have acted in full opposition to the rules laid down with the Public Procurement Act, Rule Number of the RKStu and the Order of the Inter-Stutorial Office.

As stated in the indictment, Lekaj, after signing the agreement with OE “Bechtel & Enka” as at the first point of the indictment device, in the quality of KDN's chairman, without informing him and taking the consent of the other members, has committed Berisha to the quality of his political adviser, to participate in negotiations with <x2Betel & Enka<3>, with the goal of determining the financial cost under the September 2717 agreement, outside of those positions and whose political advisers are in office.

In the indictment, Berisha has reportedly held talks with representatives of “Bechtel & Enka” and, in full compliance with Lekay, agreed that on behalf of extending the completion deadline until December 31, 2018, MIT) paid the economic operator additional financial costs worth 45m euros, which at T's expense amounted to additional financial costs. V The 18% US totals 53m and 100,000 euros.

Also reported in the indictment, Lekaj with Berisha's help, in terms of implementing the goal, has generally ignored the opinion of the project supervisory company “Hil International”, under which the opinion of the actual and allowed to extend the completion of the work is 14 million and 778 thousand and 654 euros and 87 cents, just as it was presented at the A post of the request of “Betel & Enka”, for contrasting from point B and C for additional costs, which are totally unacceptable and unacceptable.

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Moreover, according to the prosecution ignoring the opinions of the supervisory company “Hil International” comes to the fore even when the defendant Lekaj himself never presented this opinion at KDNM meetings, held for that purpose.

Even in the indictment act, Berisha, on June 1st 2018 in full opposition to his responsibilities and full co-operation with Lekaj, has been pressured by the director of the MI Legal Department, Avdi Cameroll, demanding a change of preliminary legal opinion, in which opinion about the request for financial costs, in addition, has been found: the other “OpioneeI consider that people responsible for contract management and supervisory company <x1H2> as the representative of the Public Deposor's Department as a signatory>.

So it is said that then Cameroll under pressure has been forced to change the original version of the first opinion, by cérast has drafted the new version by removing the company “International Hill” and leaving as a competent side for additional opinions just the Procurement Department, these actions that have preceded executing the execution of the payment for extending the completion deadline.

The charge in the indictment is said to have prompted KDNM members who faced such a situation before false facts at the June 5th 2018 meeting to make their decision, recommending the Government to approve the request of “Bechtel & Enka” for the payment of 53 million and 100 thousand euros in the name of the extension of the completion deadline.

At the end of the indictment, it is reportedly based on the fact that the supervisory company “Hil International” has given the opinion that the value of the 14 million and 654 euros of 87 euro is the real value and that the only one to be paid OE “Bechtel-Enka” in the name of the completion deadline for the project in question, with which assessment has been reconciled <x4Bech>&Enka”, as referred to by a large range of 53 million euros in terms of payment for the amount of actions that resulted in excess of the $386 million budget.

By these deeds, described at the point of one and two of the charge, P The SRK indictees charge that in co-ordination they have committed criminal work “The use of official position or authority” by Article 422, par.1 concerning KPRK's Article 31.

While, according to the Special Prosecutor's Act of February 18, 2022, Besimi Tahiri is accused of being quality to the official person, on September 27, 2017, in the position of Public Procuration Director at the Ministry of Infrastructure, in co-operation and deliberately with defendants Paul Lekaj Aziz at the Ministry of Infrastructural, and as chairman of the Ministerial Committee (KDNM) and Nembre Shatri General at the Ministry of Infrastructure, exploiting office and authority, having oversteped his authority and failed to fulfill his official duties, with the purpose of causing damage to the rest of the Kosovo budget.

The accusation is said to be the same, contrary to the Law on Public Procurement 04/L-042, the Status and the Code of Conduct of KDNM and the terms of contract No. ID 017/2014 of the date 01.07.2014 signed a protocol number 456/17 on the 2709.2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure as an employer on one side and the joint company Buchtel& Enx '%s as a contractor on the other side, for extending the completion of the work from January 18, 2018, as defined in the basic contract, until December 31, 2019, exactly 347 more days, not determining the financial cost.

And it is said that according to this action, you have been given open access to OE Bechtel& Enka confidence on November 27, 2017, to submit to the employer the demand for additional payment of the amount -- the 63m euros worth of briefing Package -- on behalf of the extension of the completion deadline, which the demand has since dropped to the value of 53,10,000 euros.

Following the accuser act, it is said, as a result of the defendants, according to the recommendation of the Interministerial Steering Committee, the request of OE Buchtel& Enka was approved for payment by the Government of the Republic of Kosovo with a decision No.0150, of the date 05.06.2018, which is in full conflict with the opinion of contract surveillance CHAIlo Internationı about the information package of contractors entitled COMES for extending the deadline for completing work and adopting the fair price of December 2017, with the consequence of the actions of the Kosovo Republic of Kosovo budget, has been caused by damage to 383,336 euros.

With this, the accused Tahiri is accused of committing a co-ordination, using official position or authority by Article 422, paragraph 1 concerning KPRK Article 31.