Today's hearing on the 'Partizani' affair/ SPAK calls 8 witnesses to the GJKKO, the first being Taulant Balla

2026-04-30 09:47:39Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Today's hearing on the 'Partizani' affair/ SPAK calls 8 witnesses
SPAK

The next hearing for the "Partizani" file, with former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, his son-in-law Jamarbër Malltezi and others as defendants, for the privatization of the Partizani multi-sports complex, will take place at the GJKKO today at 12:30.

The Special Anti-Corruption Court has accepted SPAK's request to summon 11 witnesses to court. Eight of them are expected to testify in today's session, starting with SP MP Taulant Balla, in his capacity as the prosecutor of the case. The list also includes important leaders of the former football club "Partizani" and the former multi-sport athlete of the same name.

Former Partizan presidents Albert Xhani and Paro Laçi and former directors Bujar Labinoti, Afrim Tole, Isa Tare are expected to testify about the procedures that were followed to take away the property where they continued their sports activities.

The SPAK file states, for example, that the former director from 1995-2005, Isa Tare, testified that he was promised an apartment if he did not oppose privatization.

Also in SPAK, former President Paro Laçi said that he was offered a bargain by Berisha's people to vacate the club's premises. Meanwhile, Afrim Tole, director of the Partizani Multi-Sports Club, in the years 2006-2008 provided SPAK investigators with an overview of all the properties that the club owned "de facto" and "de jure".

Next in line are Dhurana Çela and Petrit Kullolli. The former former director of the Property Agency for Tirana and the latter a surveyor, in the group of those who reviewed the "Partizani" file. According to SPAK, the file of the former Partizani complex was one of the first to be reviewed by the Pronavel agency, while a testimony in the prosecution of the former general director of the Property Agency Justina Boriçi confirms that Dhurata Çela had appointed it with a recommendation from above.

SPAK witnesses in today's session
Taulant Balla Reporter of the Partizani affair
Afrim Tole Former head of the Partizani Club
Isa Tare Former director of the complex
Bujar Labinoti Former director of the complex
Albert Xhani Former president of Partizani
Paro Laçi Former president of Partizani
Dhurata Çela Former director of AKKP Tirana          
Petrit Kullolli Surveyor at AKKP Tirana

Meanwhile, in the last session, the GJKKO also accepted the request of the defense of Berisha and Malltez to call Prime Minister Edi Rama as a witness. The latter is expected to testify in his capacity as the mayor of Tirana, who according to them signed the change of destination of the land of the former Partizani complex, from sports ground to construction, at the time when he was mayor.


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