Journalist Artan Hoxha, during an interview on "Kjo Javë", stated that criminal groups in Fier today have transformed into businessmen with strong political connections.
Hoxha said that Belinda Balluku, as the political leader of the SP in this region, made agreements with all the criminal groups of this region, promising them everything in exchange for support through votes. This, Hoxha said, also brought the record result of the SP with 12 mandates compared to the 4 that the DP received.
"Balluku crushed the opposition, it didn't go like that in '97 either, it went 12 to 4 with a vote result. If your opponent creates such a big result in a single district, you have no chance of winning."
"How did she do this? She told the criminal groups; Do you want to continue the activity? Let's make a deal, this is what Balluku did," said Hoxha.
Artan Hoxha: I have described since 2000 that the criminal groups in Fier are the pioneers and then they became a university.
Because they do not conceive of crime and criminality as criminal activity, but see it as a business. And for a business to succeed they must follow certain rules and agreements. They solve problems with each other, they do not make noise in the media. They know that wars like in Lezha, Durrës, etc. harm business.
They don't do this, but when they do, they solve it with each other. They are the first to understand that connecting with politics and entering the business world, laundering money and investing in public works, turn them from bandits into businessmen and employ thousands of people.
Where was Mrs. Balluku in the last elections? She was in Fier, but why is Fier important? Because it provides you with 16 mandates, it is the second largest district in the country. But what did Balluku do, he defeated the opposition, not even in '97 it went like that, he went 12 to 4 with a result. If your opponent creates such a big result in a single district, you have no chance of winning.
How did she do this? Do you want to continue the activity? We make a deal, this is what Balluku did.
In Fier, the historical criminal groups of this city are happy that Balluku has been hit. Because it is the first time that someone from outside the city has come, they have always had someone from within, with so much power and support. Like it or not, not all the groups were on the same side, but they had no idea where they were going. It was a fantastic PR operation. Zegjineja against Bardhi. And what we saw, the one who took Zegjineja's mandate forgave her.
SPAK has not managed to make justice collaborators in Fier. The strategy of the war in Fier must be completely different, they are 5 steps ahead of SPAK.
