The file on the abuse of EU funds, Ilir Beqaj collides SPAK with the court

2024-07-09 21:56:47Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The file on the abuse of EU funds, Ilir Beqaj collides SPAK with the court
Ilir Beqaj

Two welcome dinners, one worth 418,000 Lek and the other 315,000 Lek invoiced and paid for the Gzona restaurant, are the indications that suspect Ilir Beqaj that he was corrupt as the former general director of SASPAK.

But unlike SPAK's findings, the Special Court considers that neither Beqaj nor Kurtulaj has a reasonable doubt based on evidence that they have committed this crime as long as it turns out that the guests had dinner there.

This description leaves without a judicial answer the other question that the court asks, whether it is within the powers of SPAK to investigate the head of SASPAK, since the law does not state such a thing.

But with such a card, Ilir Beqaj will play on other levels, even though his position is in difficulty for the three crimes and other crimes that SPAK is investigating. Not only for violation of equality in tenders and fraud, but also for the obligation he had as a deputy and former minister to declare the assets that are suspected to belong to him.

Specifically for suspicions that there is hidden ownership over GZONA and in a vehicle. But SPAK insists that former Saspak coordinator Ermal Kurtulaj is suspected of setting up a fraud scheme to pass the project budget in favor of himself and Ilir Beqaj.

The clash with the court continues at this point as the body suggests that the relationship of the two with other entities should be further traced to follow the money and analyze the bank accounts.

In the SPAK file, 8 seized contracts that were not regularly announced are suspicious because the subjects were predetermined and then their administrators signed fictitious invoices for services during conferences on the environment and energy.

Prosecutor Elida Kackini mentions that Ilir Beqaj was aware of the event that was going to be organized by the Ministry of Tourism and nevertheless signed the same event that was sponsored by SASPAK.

The next clash between SPAK and the court is over the profile of Ilir Beqaj. For SPAK, the former minister is a person of significant social risk. The argument is because Beqaj, at the same time with a measure of obligation to appear, he quietly continued his activity, using the public function for material interests.

The court says no. Saying that SPAK continues to collect evidence and that there is a risk of escape referring to the crimes for which the former official is being investigated, the court adds. "No other evidence has been established to prove his dangerous behavior and personality." He describes Ermal Kurtulajn as having a central role and that the threads of evidence that connect him with Beqaj should be found.

There are eight people under investigation for the Saspak agency scandal, each of them has stated that they will appeal./TCH

 


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