Sejdiu for one source tenders: Ruling Party Seeks to Hide Truth

Former VV President Dardan Sejdiu is involved in the ongoing debate between power and opposition for single-source tenders.

Sejdiu has said Vetevendosje is trying to hide the truth about these contracts.

“This is an attempt to shift attention and create a false impression that municipalities are “guilty” for overuse of this mechanism. In reality, responsibility for greater expenditures falls over the central government. He wrote among other things.

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Manufacturers for single-source tenders!

In information and graphics published today, the ruling party tries to hide the truth about the use of single-source procurements, focusing only on the number of contracts, not their values.

According to reports, 43% of these contracts come from municipalities, but what is not being revealed is their monetary sum, which is much more important. So who has saved them this way of spending public money!

If we look at the financial value of these contracts, reality changes dramatically. The overwhelming majority -- around 240m euros -- are for contracts linked by the central level of governance, including ministries, government agencies and public central enterprises, where we face large sums given to companies without open competition.

This is an attempt to shift attention and create a false impression that municipalities are “guilty of overuse of this mechanism. In reality, responsibility for greater expenditures falls over the central government.

The question we have to put on: Why is a graph not being published that shows the value of contracts according to institutions?

Transparency seeks full and impartial data publication of any contract