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From the town hall to the cell, how the sexual scandal brought down Safet Gjicin a few weeks after the victory

Politiko 2023-09-24 11:05:48

From the town hall to the cell, how the sexual scandal brought down Safet Gjicin

The citizens of Kukës are voting today for the new head of the municipality, after the dismissal and arrest of Safet Gjic, who was involved in a sexual scandal in the state offices.

Gjic's victory was short-lived as almost a month later, the former head of the Kukës Municipality was involved in a serious scandal. A video started to circulate in the media, where Safet Gjici appeared having intimate relations with a woman. The latter was later identified as Alma Kaçi.

A few hours after the scandal spread rapidly, Gjici announced his resignation from the post of mayor in a post on Facebook. And soon after that, the government announced his dismissal.

Currently, Gjici is behind bars in custody accused of passive corruption of public officials. While Alma Kaçi was left under "house arrest". Kaçi has submitted several times the request to benefit from a lighter security measure, but it was rejected by the court.

In a similar case of sexual scandal, the former mayor of Dibra Municipality, Shukri Xhelili, lost his position.

Albert Halilaj from the Socialist Party and Emri Vata from the "Together We Win" coalition are running for the Kukës Municipality.

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