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The Democratic Party has reacted to the scandal involving Italian architect Stefano Boeri in Milan, Italy, who was placed under "house arrest" at the end of 2024 following allegations of corruption and abuse of office in connection with the European Library of Information and Culture (BEIC) competition.
In Albania, Boeri is known as a friend of Edi Rama and as one of the names most sought after by the government and the Municipality of Tirana for "modern projects", or otherwise known as the architect of Tirana's towers.
Despite the initial accusations, Boeri appeared in Tirana at the “Bread and Heart” architecture festival. He gave a long speech explaining why he considered Tirana an “urban miracle.”
DP spokesperson Genta Vangjeli declared from the blue headquarters that in Albania, Stefano Boeri's urban vision is not at all related to the needs of the community, but to a development model dictated by Rama's clientelist interests.
"While Tirana suffers from a lack of public spaces, greenery, public transportation, and other basic services for citizens, Boeri designed projects that only serve to embellish the facade of a corrupt government that has no connection with ordinary residents," she said.
Vangjeli added that the difference lies in justice, where in Italy it works and Stefano Boeri is facing the law, in Albania, Edi Rama's friends are excluded from investigations.
Statement by the Anti-Corruption Spokesperson in the Democratic Party, Genta Vangjeli:
Italian architect Stefano Boeri, a personal friend of Prime Minister Edi Rama, with a formalized business in the heart of Blloku in Tirana, is currently under investigation in Italy for corruption related to 'uncontrolled construction expansion'.
In Albania, his urban vision is not at all connected to the needs of the community, but to a development model dictated by Rama's clientelist interests, bypassing public consultation and without any sensitivity to the city's historical identity.
While Tirana suffers from a lack of public spaces, greenery, public transportation, and other basic services for citizens, Boeri designed projects that only serve to embellish the facade of a corrupt government that has no connection with ordinary residents.
Specifically, the projects that bear his name are:
'Vertical Forest Tirana'
'Tirana Riverside'
'Tirana 2030'
'Block Cube'
'West Block'
'Orbital Forest 030', etc...
All of these projects share the same philosophy: benefiting the powerful and the oligarchs, while the ordinary citizen remains excluded from decision-making and benefiting.
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