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"We have become like a driving school", Beqaj in the Criminal Court: I will not respond without a precise formulation of the accusation

Politiko 2025-05-28 14:27:59

"We have become like a driving school", Beqaj in the Criminal Court: I

The next hearing for "Sterilization" was held this Wednesday at the GJKKO, where the defendant is former minister Ilir Beqaj.

Beqaj stated in the hearing that he asked SPAK to provide him with the 2017 decision from the Serious Crimes Division, which according to him, the case he is being tried for was previously investigated and closed by the prosecution, so he claims that the "principle of res judicata" grants him innocence.

Accusing SPAK of being a 'driving school', Beqaj said he could not respond without a formulated accusation.

Ilir Beqaj: I have asked Spak for a decision several times, but he did not give it to us. We later secured it from the Parliament, which gave it to us, after it had gone through the materials of the investigative committee. It concerns the decision to discontinue a criminal proceeding of the Tirana prosecutor, Endrit Bimi, which for me is a decision of acquittal. I remind the court that one of the government recommendations presented by the Minister of Justice to the General Prosecutor's Office was: The rule of law requires strict respect for the procedural rights of the defendants.

My defense has received a response from Mr. Kondili as the prosecutor of the case for a request we made to SPAK. I have requested from SPAK to obtain a 2017 decision from the prosecution of serious crimes and now SPAK. I have made this request several times. SPAK did not make it available to me, I found it in the Assembly, I am requesting a decision that went to the Assembly for the investigative commission. The decision has to do with a decision of the Tirana prosecution to dismiss the case for the sterilization file. In my opinion, the proceeding body does not review evidence of innocence, it has a legal obligation to request both evidence for the sentence and for the innocence of a defendant.

I want this decision to be taken by the court and examined as evidence. Without a precise formulation of the accusation, I cannot answer, they have charged us with different articles of the criminal code on 3 different counts, we have become like a driving school, I cannot make an effective defense without a written accusation.

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