{"id":31787,"date":"2022-02-18T15:29:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31787"},"modified":"2022-02-18T15:32:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:32:47","slug":"fier-mayor-summoned-by-spak-due-to-incinerator-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/fier-mayor-summoned-by-spak-due-to-incinerator-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"Fier mayor summoned by SPAK due to incinerator affair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fier mayor Armando Subashi, has been summoned by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spak.al\/njoftime\/\">SPAK<\/a> <\/strong>in connection to the incinerator affair &#8211; a scandal that has cost the state budget millions of dollars in damages.<\/p>\n<p>He will be providing his testimony regarding the procedures followed in the tender race for the incinerator of Fier.<\/p>\n<p>Even though expenses have been paid by the state budget, incinerators in both Fier and Tirana haven\u2019t begun burning and processing their waste.<\/p>\n<p>Sources near SPAK have announced that Socialist MP and former secretary-general at the ministry of agriculture, Alqi Bllako, has also been summoned to give his testimony about the incinerator scandal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31790\" style=\"width: 1035px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-31790\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/inceneratorelb1-1024x660-1-1-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1035\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/inceneratorelb1-1024x660-1-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/inceneratorelb1-1024x660-1-1-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/inceneratorelb1-1024x660-1-1-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/inceneratorelb1-1024x660-1-1-696x449.jpg 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/inceneratorelb1-1024x660-1-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1035px) 100vw, 1035px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of incinerator in Tirana. Credits: ata.gov.al<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SPAK has begun investigations into these cases and a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission was also formed, in response to a request made by the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/02\/incinerators-causing-cash-burn-as-state-pays-them-e20-million-on-top-of-original-contracts\/\"> first meeting<\/a> <\/strong>called by this commission was characterized by raised tones and heated debates.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the list of names that will be summoned by the Inquiry Commission have also been announced and will include: PM Edi Rama, former ministers Ahmetaj, Koka, Gjiknuri, former head of waste management agency, Alqi Ballako, Secretary-General, Aga\u00e7i and mayors, Veliaj, Llatja dhe Subashi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU\u00a0 MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/18\/incinerator-workers-in-elbasan-havent-been-paid-in-2-months\/\">Incinerator workers in Elbasan haven\u2019t been paid in 2 months<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/15\/rama-says-ministers-should-get-punished-if-involved-in-incinerator-affair\/\">Rama says ministers should get punished if involved in incinerator affair<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2022\/02\/08\/companies-have-artificially-jacked-up-costs-of-incinerators-says-journalist\/\">Companies artificially jacked up incinerator costs, says journalist<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fier mayor Armando Subashi, has been summoned by SPAK in connection to the incinerator affair &#8211; a scandal that has cost the state budget millions of dollars in damages. 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