[ALBSA-Info] Property Issues in Albania

[Agron Alibali]

OPEN LETTER to the State Commission for the Return of Land Properties of Frashëri family


O  P  E  N    L  E  T  T  E  ROF  THE  ALBANIAN  HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPAddressed to	The State Commission for the Return of Land Properties, Tirana.CC	The Commission for the Return and Compensation of property to theex-owners,  Vlora  Municipality.A great number of complaints received at the Reception and Handling ofComplaints Office at the Albanian Human Rights Group, are related to issuesof land property in Albania. The Group has always looked at this major problem with concern. Theincomplete solution of it will never guarantee a normal development ofdemocracy and the market economy in the country. Furthermore, based onobservations made so far, one can speak of lack of correctness andirresponsibility in the work of the competent bodies and local institutions.The Albanian Human Rights Group presents the concern over the case of Rifatand Qefsere Frasheri who have been addressing the Commission for the Returnand Compensation of land property, at the Vlora Municipality, for therevision of the dossier regarding their claims of ownership over theproperty Government Residence in the Uji i Ftohte (Cold Water) site in Vlora.On 03.03.1995 Ms. And Mr. Frasheri addressed the Commission for the Returnand Compensation of property in Tirana, clarifying the case. TheCommission, through an official letter No. 1Q/1, dated 18.04.1995,addressed the Commission for the Return and Compensation of property ofVlora, calling for an immediate revision of the case.Three years later, having received no response whatsoever, the personsaddressed again the Commission for the Return and Compensation of propertyin Tirana, to its chairman Mr. Albert Bitri, informing him that nothing hasbeen done for the above problem. Through official letter No. 1R/2, dated 25.05.1998, Mr. Bitri clarifiesthat he had asked the Commission for the Return of property in Vlora toproceed with the revision of their dossier.In June - July 2000, Ms. Frasheri addressed the OSCE offices in Tirana, thePeople's Advocate and the Albanian Human Rights Group.The Complaints Center of the Albanian Human Rights Group, has addressed anumber of letters to the Commission for the Return of land Property inTirana and to the Commission for the Return of land Property in Vloraregarding the complaint by Mr. Frasheri and their obligation to considerthe issue. However, there has been no response from any of the bodies. Based on the recent contacts with the Frasheri family, it has become knownthat the situation continues to remain the same and there is no reaction onthe part of the Commission for the Return of land Property in Vlora.Based on the above, the Albanian Human Rights Group hereby makes this casepublic and considers it: -  An open and flagrant violation of human rights, stating that theCommission for the Return of land Property is obliged to take intoconsideration the requests presented by citizens and come out with adecision on each of them.-  In full discord with the law and without any kind of responsibility,demonstrated for a period of over 5 years, this office not only has nottaken into consideration the request of the citizen, but also hinders theuse of his right to open new court processes related to this decision.In closing, the Group publicly addresses the Commission for the Return ofland Property in Tirana, and especially the Commission for the Return ofland Property in Vlora, to take into consideration the request of theFrasheri citizens, in order to thus implement their obligation to the lawand the Albanian citizens. By not implementing these obligations they leaveroom for assumptions for incapability, indifference and corruption,severely blemish the concept of the right to private property, and playgames with citizens, who are therefore forced to sit back for years in arow in expectation of a decision.The AHRG also asks this Committee to take serious measures toward clerkswho delay without any reason or purposefully cases of citizens, creatingsuch serious problems, which make tenser the already delicate andunresolved issue of property in Albania. Tirana, 25.10.2001 



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