New
York News: U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) sent letters to both Attorney
General Holder and the Federal Elections Commission calling for an
investigation into a possible conspiracy by foreign nationals to circumvent
U.S. campaign financing laws. The case involves the purchases of two $40,000
tickets to a San Francisco fundraiser for President Barack Obama held October
12, 2012. The tickets were purchased by Bilal Shehu an Albanian limousine
driver, and his wife. The wife, however, did not attend the event. Instead, her
ticket was used by Edi Rama, the leader of the Albanian Socialist Party. At the
event, Rama posed with President Obama for a photo he is now deceitfully using
in his election campaign for Prime Minister of Albania.
“It is questionable whether the
Shehu family could have afforded to pay $80,000 to attend a campaign event, or
to fly from their home in New Jersey to California. Where did the money come
from?” asked Rep. Rohrabacher “Foreign nationals like Rama are prohibited to
contribute to U.S. election campaigns, and laundering campaign contributions
through someone else is also a crime.
These suspicious contributions
may also be part of a scheme to affect the outcome of an election in Albania, a
NATO ally.”
In a speech on the House floor
June 14th, Rep. Rohrabacher praised the progress Albania has made since it
threw off the yoke of Communism at the end of the Cold War.
“Albania is a member of NATO that
continues to contribute troops to the International Security Force in
Afghanistan, and participated in the US-led liberation of Iraq,” said
Rohrabacher. It now aspires for membership in the European Union.
“Campaign laws in both our
countries, the United States and Albania, may have been violated. At that very
least, the Albanian people are being shown a photo that is essentially a lie.
Implying a relationship with President Obama is deceitful. If it took a foreign
source of money to get the picture, it means laws in the US were broken. If the
resulting picture is being used to suggest an ongoing relationship, a fraud is
being perpetrated on the people of Albania.”
Albanian Minerals President and
CEO Sahit Muja said. “This is outrage fraud by Edi Rama and violation of U.S.
campaign financing laws”.
Mr. Muja said Albanian people will vote by considering the leadership qualifications not a foto with President Obama.
Mr. Muja said Albanian people will vote by considering the leadership qualifications not a foto with President Obama.
“Edi Rama has to face in election
Sali Berisha the most accomplish leader in Albanian History” Sahit Muja said.
Mr. Muja said, Albanian Prime
Minister Sali Berisha has embraced ambitious plans to transforme Albanian
economy and power Albania on renewable green sources of energy. Mr. Berisha’s
government has paved the way for billions of dollars to be invested for green
power projects, mining, oil and infrastructure projects. Prime Minister Berisha
has been committed to make Albania a member of the Europian Union and energy
powerhouse in Europe.
Sahit Muja said, “Under Mr.
Berisha’s leadership the Albanian economy continues to grow with the one of the
best rate in Europe. In the last 8 years under PM Berisha’s leadership Albania
has the world’s largest increase in Tourism about 1000 percent .The Albanian
government is heavily investing in infrastructure, education building roads,
schools, hospitals and creating an excellent climate for investors. Prime
Minister Berisha has change the tax system and now Albania has one of the
lowest tax systems in the world with only a 10 percent flat rate. In the
political front Mr. Berisha has led Albania to become a member of NATO and
approved visa liberalization with the European Union”.
Mr. Muja reported that, Albania’s
economic growth over the last 8 years has been higher than at any time in the
history, with projected growth for 2013 the highest in the Europe . Albania has
avoided recession due to a series of government initiatives in recent years
that have helped Albania to cope with the impact of the world recession.
The Albanian economy has done very well under Prime Minister Sali Berisha, and government policy has been key to this success. Mr Berisha has doubled the budget, raised salaries, lifted Albanians from the poverty line and done an amazing job on building infrastructure. Tourism and investments are flourishing in Albania.
The Albanian economy has done very well under Prime Minister Sali Berisha, and government policy has been key to this success. Mr Berisha has doubled the budget, raised salaries, lifted Albanians from the poverty line and done an amazing job on building infrastructure. Tourism and investments are flourishing in Albania.
According to U.S. government
Albania, a formerly closed, centrally-planned state, is making the difficult
transition to a more modern open-market economy. Macroeconomic growth averaged
around 6% between 2004-08, but declined to about 3% in 2009-11, and 0.5% in
2012. Inflation is low and stable. The government has taken measures to curb
violent crime, and recently adopted a fiscal reform package aimed at reducing
the large gray economy and attracting foreign investment. Remittances, a
significant catalyst for economic growth declined from 12-15% of GDP before the
2008 financial crisis to 8% of GDP in 2010, mostly from Albanians residing in
Greece and Italy.
Sahit Muja said I call on
President Obama to return the illegal contribution by Edi Rama.
By. Diana Green
New York News
New York News
