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The prosecution sends two Korça Municipality officials to trial

Politiko 2025-06-30 15:19:54

The prosecution sends two Korça Municipality officials to trial

The Korça Prosecutor's Office has sent the case file against two Municipality officials for trial, who are accused of the criminal offense of "abuse of office" after they are accused of favoring builders.

According to the Prosecution, Zhaneta Lubonja, Director of Planning, Control and Territorial Development in the Municipality of Korçë, as well as Ermal Gjermeni, head of the sector at the same directorate, have favored several construction companies 18 times, avoiding the infrastructure impact tax.

The prosecution launched investigations in 2022 and from these procedures it emerged that for many years, the suspects have worked as engineers at the Urban Planning Office in the Municipality of Korça and have had the duty to check applications made by citizens or businesses for permits to carry out new construction or other construction works, evaluate documentation, approve permits, etc., but by violating their duty they "have applied lower tax rates in 18 cases from 8% to 3% and 2 cases from 4% to 3%".

According to the prosecution's calculations, in only one case in the construction of a residential complex, the Municipality of Korça suffered a damage of 36 thousand euros, as the subject paid 3% of the tax and not 8% as required by law.

Initially, investigations were launched against 4 officials of the institution, and at the end of the process, only 2 of them were sent for trial, who were also taken as defendants.

 

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