In remarks made on Tuesday, Topi accused the property restitution commissions of corruption and illegal practices.
“At this very moment when we are discussing this, I can assure you that somewhere property is being usurped, that somewhere an administration employee has started a day’s work with the thought in mind of making a personal profit, to get some kind of a deal,” Topi told a conference on property restitution..
The president’s remark came after a series of arrests of local officials in the village of Kashar, just outside the capital Tirana, on charges of embezzlement and falsification of property deeds.
Albania’s former communist regime did not allow private ownership of land. Since the collapse of the last communist government in 1991, a process for the restitution of confiscated property to the former owners has been under way.
Political analysts say this process has been marked by corrupt practices.
It is estimated that nearly 70% of the former owners have not yet had their land returned or been compensated for their former properties.
“People who have been directly affected by the abuse of power with the right of ownership are still uncertain whether justice is to be meted out to those who abuse their position,” the president said.
“There are people who for years have been smartly dressed, in fashionable suits, yet who have operated as real butchers when it comes to dealing with the properties of the citizens. It’s a disease which has unfortunately become a chronic ailment,” he added.
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