'Toyota Auris' file, Ristani: Basha's statement out of stupidity. Iljazaj: Parliament is the only denunciation instrument

 

The return of the 'Toyota Auris' case where 3.4 million euros were seized 4 years ago in the port of Durrës, a day after the leader of the Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha denounced him from the rostrum of the assembly, while a few days ago he was questioned by prosecutors belgw nw SPAK, is the topic of 'Politiko' in Top News.

Former Secretary General of the Democratic Party, Arben Ristani has described Basha's statement as more arrogant, while analyst Ervis Iljazaj as careless.  

Excerpts from the discussion:

Ristani: The case seems closed to the Albanian justice and open to the Belgian, who after 7-8 calls for Basha were forced to come themselves to continue their investigations.

We have a public statement of Basha claiming that the car came with money and then says that they came from a criminal group on behalf of Balla. There are two questions that need answers, the first from which Basha found out and the second why he made it public.

There are two possibilities, from the police or from the intelligence services or private mechanisms. If it happens from state mechanisms that it is an event in action, that it is being tracked then why does it make it public?

He did it intentionally or to disrupt the action of the police that goes towards cooperation. Will notify the authors is in terms of cooperation.

Alfred Lela : It is also the political goal, for political credits ...

Ristani : The consequence that comes unintentionally in this case, you are in the conditions of obstructing the truth. If the information was obtained privately, you have learned of an evolving crime. The first obligation must be reported to the criminal prosecution bodies, otherwise you are in the conditions of not reporting the crime.

Why did he make it public? Because you aim at the consequence you are in cooperation, political causes.

Lela : How do you make it public when you are part of it?

Ristani: This is the problem of how capable you are of predicting the consequences. In both ways it is hindering the discovery of the truth or collaborating with the perpetrators. To me his statement came from arrogance and stupidity.

Iljazaj: European prosecutors do not want to know if a party leader says so. It has been a careless and thoughtless. The opposition developed drug trafficking at that time, the government's links with criminal groups where the belief in the prosecution that many cases were not opened, the only instrument of the opposition at that time was public denunciation.