The Special Prosecution announced the indictment of the former director of the Albanian Road Authority, Sonila Qato, accused of the criminal offense of "Violation of equality in tenders", as well as other former officials, who were found guilty of the 19 million euro tender for the Skërfica tunnel, on the Kardhiq-Delvinë road.
For Sonila Qato and Elona Gogo, SPAK requested 1 year in prison with an additional sentence of 5 years' ban on holding public office. While for Simon Prendin, the prosecution requested 2 years in prison and 3 years' ban on holding public office.
For the two members of the bid evaluation committee, Almir Hoxhaj and Arbër Troka, 2 years in prison with an additional sentence, 3 years of deprivation of the right to exercise public functions, were requested.
Prosecutor Elvin Gokaj requested a sentence of 9 months in prison for Ardit Salillari, 1 year in prison for Admir Pahumi, and 8 months for Nikollaq Mihali.
The prosecution also asked the black platoons to sentence Arjana Hasani to 2 years in prison, while Miranda Shkurti to 8 months.
The investigations into Qato and other former officials ended in October 2022.
The criminal complaint was filed with the special anti-corruption structure in September 2019 by the company "Gjoka Konstruksion", which claimed that it was unfairly and illegally excluded from the procurement.
Former director of the Albanian Road Transport Authority, Sonila Qato, and several of her former subordinates are accused of favoring a company in the 19 million euro tender for the Skërfica tunnel on the Kardhiq-Delvinë road in 2019. Qato denies the allegations.
On February 5th at 2:00 PM, the defense will take place, after which the court will announce the decision on the request of the special prosecution.