Democratic Party MP, Klevis Balliu, has made strong accusations against the government regarding the military industry project and the partnership between the public company KAYO and the private company Timak Defence.

In a public statement, Balliu claims that the vehicles presented by Prime Minister Edi Rama as part of "Made in Albania" production do not represent a genuine Albanian military industry.

According to the Democratic MP, the balance sheets of the Timak Defence company raise questions about its real production capacities.

Balliu states that the company was established on August 4, 2025 and that at the end of December it had 14 employees, while the total salary fund for five months was 5.8 million lek.

He also claims that the company's long-term assets, which include machinery and equipment, amounted to only about 146 thousand lek, or approximately 1,500 euros.

"With 1,500 euros, you can't build a military vehicle factory. With 1,500 euros, you can't produce armored vehicles," declared Balliu, using this figure as an argument to question the company's production capacities.

The DP MP claims that, while the company's long-term assets are very low, it turns out to have over 10.5 million euros in short-term assets, which according to him are mainly related to prepayments received through contracts with the state.

Balliu described this situation as an indicator of a model that, according to him, does not represent genuine industrialization, but a mechanism that favors a certain company.

He also raised questions about how vehicles from international brands, including Toyota Land Cruiser and MAN, are presented as part of Albanian production.

According to him, the government must clarify what is the added value that is actually created in Albania through labor, capital and technology. In his statement, Balliu requested the publication of all contracts signed between KAYO, Timak Defence and state institutions.

He also demanded transparency on the method of selecting the company, the value of the contracts and the source of financing.

The Democratic MP called on SPAK to investigate the manner in which contracts were awarded, the use of the public company KAYO, and whether there were violations of the law or elimination of competition.

"This is not industrialization. This is the industrialization of corruption," declared Balliu.

The accusations of the DP MP constitute political and economic allegations, while their verification requires the examination of official documents, contracts and balance sheets of the relevant companies. Up to this stage, Balliu's statement does not constitute conclusive proof in itself that there was a legal violation or corruption.

Balliu closed the statement by demanding that the issue be investigated and that citizens have full transparency on the use of public funds in defense industry projects.

Statement by DP MP, Klevis Balliu:

For some time now, Edi Rama has been trying to sell Albanians the next deception, presenting as the 'Albanian military industry' what in fact looks like another affair built with taxpayers' money.

With daily propaganda, the prime minister promotes 40 military vehicles as 'Made in Albania', claiming that Albania has entered the military vehicle production industry through a partnership between the public company KAYO and Rony Yefet's private company Timak Defence.

But Edi Rama's propaganda clashes with the facts.

When citizens raised the simple question of how Toyota, Land Cruiser or MAN vehicles can be called Albanian products, the prime minister did not provide any economic explanation. He chose propaganda and attacks on critics.

But in economics, propaganda has no value. Only facts have value.

If a country produces, this is proven by the added value that is created through labor, capital, and technology.

Let's look at the facts.

According to the official balance sheet, Timak Defence was established on August 4, 2025. At the end of December, the company had only 14 employees and a total payroll of 5.8 million lek, or about 61 thousand euros for five months.

This means that the average wage fund is only 12 thousand euros per month, while the average gross salary per employee is around 860 euros.

So, according to the company's own balance sheet, the entire value added from work in Albania is only 12 thousand euros per month, or about 150 thousand euros per year.

These are not the figures of a military industry. They are the figures of a small business.

Equally significant is productive capital.

The official balance sheet shows that the company's long-term assets, i.e. machinery, equipment and production lines, are only 146 thousand lekë, or about 1,500 euros.

Yes, only 1,500 euros of productive assets.

With 1,500 euros, a military vehicle factory is not built. With 1,500 euros, armored vehicles are not produced. With 1,500 euros, an industry that Edi Rama sells as national pride is not created.

Meanwhile, the company turns out to have over 10.5 million euros in short-term assets, created mainly from prepayments received through contracts with the Albanian state.

So, the real investment in production capacities is almost zero, while millions in Albanian taxes have entered the company's accounts.

This is why the Democratic Party raises serious doubts that we are not dealing with an industrial success story, but with a scheme built to eliminate competition and guarantee privileged profits with citizens' money.

Instead of the Albanian army being supplied through open international tenders, where companies compete for the best price and quality, the government has created a mechanism where a favored company appears as a 'producer', while its balance sheets do not even reflect the minimal capacities of a manufacturing industry.

This is not industrialization. This is the industrialization of corruption.

Edi Rama is not building Albanian industry. He is building monopolies with Albanian money and then selling them as success stories.

Every time a government replaces competition with privilege, the market with clientelism, and production with propaganda, the loser is the Albanian citizen.

The Democratic Party demands the immediate publication of all contracts signed between KAYO, Timak Defence and state institutions, as well as full transparency on the method of selecting this company, the value of the contracts and the source of financing.

We call on SPAK to investigate this scheme to the end, to verify the manner of awarding contracts, the elimination of competition, the use of the public company KAYO, and any element that may constitute a violation of the law.

Albanians do not need propaganda spectacles and recycled lies.

They need a government that builds real industry, not facades; that creates jobs, not monopolies; that respects citizens' taxes, not uses them to feed the clients of power.

The balance sheets don't lie. The figures don't lie. They show that behind Edi Rama's propaganda lies another affair that deserves a full investigation and political and legal responsibility.