After four sessions, the Anti-Corruption Court passed the trial of the Fier incinerator file with 30 suspects, among them the former Minister of the Environment Lefter Koka, the former General Secretary Alqi Blako, as well as former administrators of private companies that are suspected to have benefited millions from fictitious invoices for unfinished works.
Alqi Blako explained that his duty as general secretary in the sense of the law was not that of a high official and therefore the charge was drawn up incorrectly.
Therefore, the court agreed with Bllako and ordered SPAK to correct the accusation by formulating the offense of corruption of the public servant.
The same procedure was followed for the reformulation of the accusation of corruption in the private sector and public officials and for four others among them Klodian Zoton, the Italian Ciafialonte and Arben Dervishaj. The court did not rule on the suspects' requests to apply for summary judgment.
The court corrected the situation of the suspect Robert Shabani, for whom the trial was dismissed because it turns out that he was convicted earlier along with the deceased Enver Shabani for the same circumstance. Both of them earlier asked for a change in security measures, but they were not heard and by order the court decided justice, albeit with delay, at least for one of them.
The two incinerators will now be tried separately for corruption and money laundering. While the investigation of former minister Arben Ahmetaj, who has not yet been interrogated, has been divided, although it is unofficially accepted that the apartments of his co-habitant Erjola Hoxha have been searched and a preliminary seizure has been placed on a villa in Palasa, which is suspected of is owned by his ex-wife Albina Mancka.
These actions were carried out on account of the investigations that are being held for the four criminal offenses of corruption, abuse of office, money laundering and concealment of assets./Tch