"Was it Gjiknuri as well?", Bardhi asks Ahmetaj's lawyers: Why are you asking for a postponement when your client fled the day the arrest was requested?

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"Was it Gjiknuri as well?", Bardhi asks Ahmetaj's lawyers: Why
Photo montage: Gazment Bardhi / Arben Ahmetaj

Discussions continue at the meeting of the Council of Mandates, regarding the removal of the immunity of former minister Arben Ahmetaj, whom SPAK wants to arrest.

The deputy of the Democratic Party, Gazment Bardhi, addressed several questions to Ahmetaj's defense lawyers. According to Bardhi, there is no reason to postpone the session since the former minister left the country on the day the arrest was requested.

Bardhi also asked the lawyers Henrik Ligori and Ardian Visha if they know that Damian Gjiknuri was also on the flights with the incinerator businessmen.

"If your client had been present, cooperated and faced justice, we could have been sympathetic to more time for defense. But your client fled the country on the day his arrest was sought. You criticized the prosecutor's office for extending the investigation starting in 2004. This type of investigation into the wealth of officials should be done for all politicians.

The charges are not political in nature, but for corruption and abuse of power. Why are you against the control of wealth and the scope of the investigation since 2004? Do you have proof of the legality of this property? Why did Ahmetaj lie about the relationship with Mirel Mërtir and Klodian Zoto? Does it result that Damian Gjiknuri was also on the same trips as Ahmetaj with these two people? Do you confirm this?" Bardhi is said to have said at the meeting of the Council of Mandates.


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