The court's reluctance to jail Dako and the prosecutor's double standards for lobbying the Freedom Party

2023-06-14 23:02:43Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The court's reluctance to jail Dako and the prosecutor's double
Vangjush Dako

The criminal offense for which Vangjush Dako is accused, abuse of office in two episodes, he risks up to 7 years in prison at most.

But, analyzing all the circumstances, the judges judge that the real punishment can be minimal. In this perspective, there are those who consider the drastic security measure, the prison arrest, to be excessive.

"For a person to be arrested in prison, this person must be dangerous to society. For example; he is a murderer, he is a terrorist, he is a mentally ill person who does not know what he is doing, a person who spreads contagious diseases who needs to be isolated, who damages the environment. It damages society, it is dangerous for society", said Ylli Manjani.

"In my opinion, the court has gone beyond the provisions of the procedural code regarding security measures, this makes the history and the fact of how this case was assembled vulnerable, so does it have a political background and we have seen it many times since political interest has become a show with politicians and when the process was done they were released", says Redi Rama.

"To judge the legality of the arrest decision, it clearly seems an exaggerated measure. It is actually an exaggerated measure. Unfortunately, Albanians take public statements as if you are defending someone or attacking someone else. I have no interest in defending anyone. I just want to spread legal culture", said former minister Manjani.

In fact, in all the laws written in Albania, but also in the democratic space, prison arrest is the last measure. Statistically, this principle has been overturned by SPAK in its demands which are drastic, but also by the court which approves them without hesitation.

"But in order for the court to do this, it must have previously imposed another measure, an easier one. He did not appear before the judicial police officer or the prosecutor when he was called. Despite the imposed ban, the suspension from office did not work because he again appears in office. When these things do not work, the court says; We have done work with you, we cannot let you go free, and that is why you are arrested", said Ylli Manjani.

The prosecutor who requested the strict security measure against Dako has other important issues with politicians in hand, but the same piety has not been seen to hurry with the arrests or the investigative steps. There are data that SPAK has received from the United States the response to the letter regarding the investigation of the 700,000 euro lobbying of the leaders of the Freedom Party, formerly the Socialist Movement for Integration. Despite the new evidence, there are still no reported steps forward to closing that file.

According to all the information, for the Dako case, the court showed hesitation when it was presented with the prosecution's request for security measures. Sources indicate that initially, a prison arrest was requested only for the charge related to the construction permit. But, after the court's hesitation, the prosecution joined the second episode, that of the promenade project. The information flowed in the media and for 4 days the media and political circles talked about the arrest of Vangjush Dako. In fact, the prosecution announced on June 7 the launch of a second investigation, related to the publication of secret investigative data.

"Undoubtedly, many people have come out who said that we knew that Dako would be arrested, that it is not normal in any country in the world for secret information to come out, if security measures were taken, no one else can find out except for the prosecution of the court, who have the exclusive ", said Redi Ramaj.

 


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