All those present in the judicial process that took place in Elbasan for the release from prison of the former Minister of the Interior Saimir Tahiri, were in agreement.
None of the participants in this process has expressed an opinion against the Socialist Party functionary continuing to stay in prison.
Starting from the defense lawyers, who had presented the request to the court, the representative of the Elbasan prosecution, Mustafa Muçi, representatives of the Tirana Probation Service, the lawyer of the Kosovo prison in Lushnja, as well as the judge Matilda Fetahu herself, agreed that Saimir Tahiri should leave prison premises and the rest of the remaining sentence, of 1 year and 8 months and 15 days, to be served in the premises of his house in the capital.
" Ora News " has learned that in this trial none of the representatives of the institutions had an opinion against Tahir's release.
Based on this situation, the judge of the case, Matilda Fetahu, has approved the request of the defense lawyers, deciding on June 2, 2023, to suspend the execution of the sentence in the prison premises for Saimir Tahir, and ordered that the former Minister of the Interior, the rest of the sentence to stay at home.
According to the court, of the sentence of 3.4 years of imprisonment received for the charge of "Abuse of duty", 1 year and 4 months was served by Tahiri during his stay in prison 313, in the prison of Fier, in Rrogozhinë and finally in the prison of Kosovo in Lushnje .
According to the court's decision, Tahiri used a medical epicrisis of his wife, Fatlinda Tahiri, who turns out to be unable to take care of the two minor children, due to her health condition.
Based on Article 59/a of the Penal Code, Tahiri addressed the court of Elbasan with a request to serve the remaining sentence at home.
Initially, the case was tried by Elis Dine, a new judge, who was then removed from this criminal process, at the request of the defense lawyers.
After his dismissal, the case was taken up by the president of the Elbasan court, Matilda Fetahu, who decided on Friday morning to accept Tahir's request, leading the latter to serve the remainder of his sentence at home.
For Tahir's release from prison, there was a reaction from the opposition political factor and the American embassy in Tirana.