A few days ago, the former Minister of Justice Ylli Manjani considered the arrest of the suspects for the Fier incinerator as a scandal, before they were questioned. Manjani stated that SPAK is acting on popular trials and arresting what the people want and not on what has evidence and facts.
The head of SPAK, Arben Kraja, has accepted this today. During a television interview, Kraja stated that they were arrested without being interrogated, but according to the law, they are given the right to speak afterwards.
Despite accepting the arrests without first questioning the suspects, Kraja denied that SPAK acted with popular trials.
"The investigation is not done in one day, nor with one action. Arrest warrants are requested by the prosecutor, approved by the court based on the evidence in the file. The investigation never ends there, but continues until the moment when the prosecutor thinks that there is no more evidence left to be taken and evaluated. He presents all the persons who are accused and then the parties appear before the court. Even after arrest warrants, there may be other actions.
Are people interrogated before they are arrested? It depends, case by case. Depending on the evidence, or the tactics followed in the investigation by the prosecutor together with the judicial police. There is no clear formula. A person can be arrested even without being interrogated, as there may be clear evidence to interrogate. In the following, the law definitely provides for him to speak.
I don't know where the popular trial was seen. That we in every studio hear either this one was arrested and this other one was not. Why is SPAK slow, because it should have been faster and more aggressive. We must bear in mind that all SPAK prosecutors acted only on the basis of the law, evidence and their convictions." said Arben Kraja.