
As it was foreseen in the permission given by the Directorate of Prisons, at 06.30 this Monday morning, Alfred Beleri left his cell in the Fier prison to then head towards the European Parliament where he will take the oath as a member of the European Parliament.
He was received by a vehicle with Greek diplomatic license plates, and by his family members and supporters.
For the Greek media, he said that he thanks them for the support given and that he will say the rest in Athens, while he will speak to the Albanian media at the airport.
The day before, the Directorate of Prisons gave him a five-day leave to travel to Strasbourg to be sworn in as an MEP elected from the ranks of the New Democracy party in Greece. Beleri had been asking for permission to leave the cell for several days, but only this Sunday the commission in the Directorate of Prisons was convinced to approve his request.
Beleri has been in a cell since May last year, when he was arrested for buying votes.
Now the former elected mayor of Himarë Municipality lost his mandate after the decision of the CEC and the decision of the Special Court of Appeal that sentenced him to 2 years of imprisonment.
From the cell, Beleri managed to get the mandate as an MEP.