The Democratic Party and its affiliated portals have today recirculated claims about family ties and nepotistic appointments at the Port of Durrës. Following reports about the so-called “nephew of the aunt” of Minister Pirro Vengu, this time it is Sali Berisha who is returning to the same claim, accompanying it with other accusations about the assignment of Andrea Shllaku as head of the Durrës Port Authority.
The problem is that the claim of a family link between Vengu and Shllaku was previously refuted by verifications published in the media. According to them, Pirro Vengu has no aunt at all, which makes the family link used to build this story impossible. Nevertheless, Berisha appears to have the “nephew of the aunt” as his strongest cause for his attacks.
In Berisha’s politics, a repeated lie is enough to return as news. In his reaction, Berisha claims that Andrea Shllaku and Pirro Vengu were found by the State Supreme Audit Institution to have committed serious violations and that dismissal from office was proposed for both. He describes the Port of Durrës as a main point of drug trafficking, raising serious accusations against the government.
The refuted claim of a family link returns in the same story, now packaged with new accusations. Andrea Shllaku has been assigned as head of the Durrës Port Authority, replacing Liburn Aliu, who had been appointed to this position in October 2025. Shllaku previously held the positions of Deputy Minister of Defence, Director of the Operational Division, and Deputy General Director of the Port of Durrës.