Here is the "bombshell" that Beqaj broke in SPAK about Ogerta Manastirliu, the "dark spot" for which the former minister is being investigated is revealed, the journalist reveals the behind-the-scenes, within a month the sterilization file goes to court

The Minister of Education and Sports, Ogerta Manastirliu, was summoned a week ago to the Special Prosecutor's Office (SPAK) to testify regarding the "sterilization" affair. The well-known journalist of the chronicle, Anduena Llabani, has given some details about the investigations that SPAK is doing and the role of Ilir Beqaj in this. She said that the order of American Secretary Anthony Blinken for SPAK was to start with "VIP" arrests. "SPAK must also act, Blinken gave as a message. But the worst ally for the head of SPAK is time, because time is running out, results are expected. Blinken also said to act, the orders were to act", she said.

SPAK's investigations against Manastirli

She said that the "hole" in SPAK Manastirli is being lifted by Beqaj. "Nobody knew, he was called by the prosecutor of the sterilization case, Edvin Kondili. It was the testimony given by Beqaj that forced him to call her, and it seems that Beqaj wanted me to ask for her involvement in this matter. There are still a few witnesses who have to appear at the SPAK and within a month the sterilization case goes to court together with the notification of concrete charges. Beqaj cannot acquire the status of penitent at this stage of the investigation, one month after the closure of the investigations. But the connecting point between Manastirliu, which is Beqaj's deviance in this matter, is that Manastirliu, as the director of the QSUT, requested in 2012-2013 that the sterilization set up at that time be put into operation by the ministry headed by Beqaj and not there was a response letter from the minister in that bin. This seems to be the dark spot for which I will investigate SPAK. So, it is a request that was sent from Manastirliu to Beqaj. She appeared without a lawyer at SPAK, which shows that her positions are favorable against the law. However, Beqaj's continuous request to call Manastirliu to SPAK shows that he wants to include him. Today, SPAK has a high-level official investigation that is suspected of being part of these thefts", said Llabani

Beqaj's plan

So from the details it seems that Beqaj's plan is clear. In order not to have the fate of other party members who are sent to prison today, or have fled abroad, Ilir Beqaj has decided to counterattack and demand an investigation into what happened to the sterilization, even after he left as Minister of Health. that is, in the "Rama 2" government. Beqaj left as Minister of Health in 2017 and was then replaced by Ogerta Manastirliu. His claims are aimed at the investigation of the change of the contract by Ogerta Manastirliu in January 2020, when the number of surgical sets provided for in the contract was increased, which were 63 thousand pieces for one year. At that time, Ogerta Manastirliu justified the change of the contract with the need for other sets over 63 thousand that would be dealt with a 25% discount, since the operations in a year went up to 90 thousand. "We will have an amendment which will bring a 25% reduction in the price for all instrument packages of various complexities, over a reference number of 64 thousand interventions", declared Manastirliu in January 2020. "We will have an amendment which will bring a 25% reduction in the price for all instrument packages of various complexities, over a reference number of 64 thousand interventions", declared Manastirliu in January 2020. Ilir Beqaj's request to SPAK has do exactly with this intervention in the contract, which according to him has influenced the increase of costs in the state budget and for which he does not accept to bear the blame. With the request for the expansion of the investigations, Beqaj refuses to go to prison as the other socialists did, so the request for SPAK is the "Rama 2" government investigation. Ogerta Manastirliu was in charge of the Ministry of Health for 6 years and left in September 2023 when he was appointed Minister of Education. She is one of Edi Rama's earliest collaborators since the time he took over the leadership of the Municipality of Tirana.