Libun Ali's wife and grandson of Faithful Bislim en route to elect members of the COST Board

The wife of Infrastructure Minister Libran Aliu and the grandson of Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi are a step away from the road to select members of the COST chief board. They are among six candidates whose names have been forwarded to the Convention for secret voting by the Electoral Panel for three free positions in COSTT.

Lumniye Zeka is ranked fifth with 33 points on the list of the most popular candidates from the Pro-election panel, Gzim Tosun, is the second on the list of 43 points.

Part of the Electoral Panel have been VV) Parliamentary Group Chief Mimoza Kusari-Lila, along with four other VVA deputies, Gramos Agusholli, Life Statovci, Armend Muja and Dritton Hyseni, as well as deputies Ferat Shala, Pal Lekaj, Valentina Bunjaku-Redgepi and Fidan Yildita.

“Panel conducted interviews, and came to the conclusion that: The interviewing process was submitted to eighteen candidates, considering the candidates' performance, the panel assessed, six candidates with mostly points, as follows: Rayhane Zylfiaj (44 points), Gezim Tosun (43 points): Gazmend Maizeni (37 points), Jeton Mehmet (33 points); Lumniye Zeka (33 points); and Spring Dobruna-Keeziu (32 points)”, says in the collection ball that was held on October 1st by the Commission for Economics, Industry, Undertaking and Market.

The Commission has recommended that the Parliament elect three of its proposed candidates by secret vote to fulfil three positions for director of the Coo Public Company Board STT, four-year term.

MP Pal Lekaj has confirmed to Gazeta Express that candidate Luminije Zeka is the wife of Minister Lieburn Aliu, and that Gzim Tosun is also the family family of Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi.

It's about Bislem's nephew, Deputy Ferat Shala has confirmed it.

The Express newspaper has tried to get a statement on the issue from VVA Parliamentary Group Chief Mimoza Kusari-Lila, but the same as having opened the phone.

In August of this year, media had reported that Lumniye Zeka, the most successful candidate, had emerged in the competition for the position of Transparency expert and access to Public Documents at the Agency for Information and Private (AIP).

“The winning candidate based on professional assessment by the Selection Commission in the number contest RN00014237 for the expert position on Transparency and Access to Public Documents under the Information and Private Agency is: Candidate Lumije Aliu. Total score: 82.00 points“, said in the document that was published in the media.

Meanwhile, Tosun's name has been known since 2021, when the Kosovo government -- in which his uncle exercises the second most important position -- had overwhelmingly approved the proposal for the names of new members of the State Council of Quality, which he was part of.