
In the Special Court against Organized Crime and Corruption, the trial has started against the former Minister of Defense, Fatmir Mediu, who is accused of "Abuse of duty" carried out in cooperation, and "Abuse of duty" in cooperation with a military subject-command cadre for the massacre. happened in Gërdec in March 2008. At least 26 people lost their lives and hundreds of others were injured in the explosion at the weapons dismantling "factory".
On September 8, the GJKKO accepted the request of Fatmir Mediu to conduct an ordinary and not abbreviated court process, therefore in today's session the ordinary court process begins where the prosecution read the request for trial and presented the list of 71 witnesses whom it wants to call in trial.
For the first time SPAK has requested to call as a witness in the trial for Gërdec, the son of Sali Berisha, Shkëlzen Berisha.
The court process is expected to be long and due to the large number of witnesses who are expected to be heard in court.
The Special Prosecutor's Office has asked to question 71 witnesses, of which 52 are witnesses, while 19 of them are persons who were defendants in the first trial.
The former Minister of Justice, Aldo Bumçi, has also been called to testify.
The event that connects Aldo Bumçi with Shkëlzen Berisha, is a fax containing the content of the letter of approval from the Ministry of Justice for the contract to be concluded in Gërdec, a copy of which was privately sent to Shkëlzen Berisha from Aldo Bumçi's office. This is the evidence that shows who was interested in that business.
The testimony is supported by the former secretary of Aldo Bumçi given to the prosecutors, who admits that Shkëlzeni went to the office and then Aldo forwarded the order to Shkëlzeni's private office within the Ministry of Defense. The fax was seized by the Prosecutor's Office in the materials found after the tragedy at the Ministry of Defense.
Meanwhile, Fatmir Mediu himself demands that 90 witnesses be questioned.