The hearing for Gërdec ends, Mediu refuses to give a statement for SPAK: In 17 years they have kept him alive for political interests

2024-03-13 10:46:27Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The hearing for Gërdec ends, Mediu refuses to give a statement for SPAK: In
Fatmir Mediu

The session for the Gërdec massacre lasted about an hour. The next session was called on March 17. Former minister Fatmir Mediu, defendant in this case, said that the witnesses should be interrogated and then he.

At the end of today's court session for the "Gërdeci" file, in which the former minister was taken as a defendant, Mediu said that there is no fact or action of his at that time that implicates him in abuse of office.

According to him, the case of Gërdec has been used for political interests in electoral campaigns for 17 years and has become media history. He requested that responsibility for the tragedy should also be borne by the foreign company involved, which had concluded an agreement for the dismantling of the weapons.

" I think it is in the service of the truth that I am asked at the end of the process. Why in the end? Because I think it is good for everyone to know the circumstances and facts of the testimonies, but also the written arguments. This makes my relationship with the process more complete and clearer.

In all these court sessions, for anyone who will learn the truth, it has become clear that there is not even a single word that implicates the minister in abuse of office. As a civilian minister, he respected military expertise in their decision-making. He requested by order that it be reported periodically and there is not a single word that what was happening in Gërdec was considered illegal. I think that in these 17 years, a media story has been made by playing with the feelings of family members who have lost their relatives and to keep them alive in every electoral campaign with political interests.

A company that has a legal relationship with the Ministry of Defense that has signed legal acts is seen as a very sporadic element of this process. I think that the legal responsibilities are the same for Albanians as for anyone else ", said former Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu.

From the tragedy of Gërdec on March 15, 2008, where the explosion occurred in the weapons dismantling factory, 26 people lost their lives and hundreds of others were injured.


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