The General Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Arlind Gjokutaj, the director of support services and a private bailiff were arrested on Wednesday, after being accused by the Prosecutor's Office of Tirana of having caused 1.2 million euros of damage to the state through abuse of office.
Recently, there has been a reaction from Arlind Gjokutaj's lawyer, Genc Gjokutaj, who accuses the Prosecutor's Office of a series of legal violations. According to him, Arlind Gjokutaj is a respected individual and an uncompromising official.
"This is proven by the fact that the notification of the Prosecutor's Office contains untrue criminal elements that do not belong to the administrative procedure as the object of this investigation in order to create a false opinion and pressure the court", says the lawyer.
The arguments cited in the reaction are expected to be presented to defend themselves tomorrow during the security measure that will be held for the 3 arrested.
Full reaction:
Dear citizens!
In relation to the notification of the Prosecutor's Office of the Tirana Judicial District regarding its request for the appointment of the security measure "arrest in prison" for the citizen Arlind Gjokutaj with the duties of Secretary General in the Ministry of Finance, in the capacity of his legal defenders, we do know as below:
The Prosecutor's Office of the Tirana Judicial District, in flagrant violation of the Constitutional legal provisions and the Code of Criminal Procedure that have to do with legal security, the guarantee of an orderly legal process and the rights of citizens for the non-encroachment of personal freedom without such a guarantee, has requested before the Court of the Judicial District of Tirana, the appointment of the security measure "arrest in prison". This request of the Prosecutor of the case was made without asking him and without confronting him even once with the citizen in question with the evidence that the Prosecutor's Office thinks constitute charges.
Njoftimi i Prokurorise pas caktimit te mases se sigurimit “arrest ne burg” brenda dites eshte nje praktike e paprecedente, tejet shqetesuese per standartet elementare te nje shteti te se drejtes dhe behet per protagonizem jo per drejtesi nga nje prokurori e lodhur dhe me nje reputacion skandaloz per zvarritje ceshtjesh!
Kete e provon fakti se njoftimi i Prokurorise permban elemente penale te pavertete qe nuk i perkasin procedures administrative si objekt i ketij hetimi me qellim krijimin e nje opinioni te rreme dhe trysnimin e gjykates!
Çeshtja ne fjale eshte nje proces administrativ civil qe nuk ka te beje fare me dispozitat e Kodit Penal dhe nuk behet fjale per asnje lloj korrupsioni apo abuzimi me detyren nga nje individ i respektuar si nje zyrtar i pakompromentueshem i shtetit. Ajo ne vetvete perben ekzekutimin e nje titulli ekzekutiv pa asnje lloj perfitimi material apo çdo lloj favori tjeter.
Duke qene te vetedijshem mbi proceduren e rastit konkret e cila eshte ne perputhje te plote me ligjin i bejme thirrje Medias qe ne funksion te informimit objektiv te publikut te investigoje rastin konkret dhe te mos bjere pre e njoftimeve te paverteta dhe keqperdorimit te detyres nga Prokurori i çeshtjes! Ky rast eshte kembane alarmi jo per te korruptuarit po per kedo qe ushtron detyren me korrektese dhe prokurori ne fjale nuk meriton as diplomen, jo me funksionin qe i eshte besuar.
Being ready to do everything for the objective clarification of the matter in question, thank you!
advocates
Genci Gjokutaj and Sokol Hazizaj