SPAK deposes Fatmir Mediu, requests for 90 defense witnesses drops, GJKKO summons Shkëlzen Berisha and 71 prosecution witnesses for the "Gërdec" affair

Yesterday, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime officially accepted SPAK's request to call Shkëlzen Berisha as a witness in the courtroom in the trial against Fatmir Mediu, who at the time of the explosion of the ammunition factory in Gërdec held the post of Minister of Defense.

This is the first time that Shkëlzen Berisha, the son of former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, will be called to the GJKKO to give his testimony regarding the dismantling of the ammunition in the Gërdec workshop, whose explosion on March 15, 2008 caused 26 deaths and hundreds of wounded. From the list of 90 witnesses requested by the defense of Fatmir Mediu, the court rejected the summons as witnesses of the foreign personalities who were on the list. The reservation of the court to express itself later in relation to the other requests of Mediu's lawyers, mainly for the questioning of the experts who performed the first expertise of the explosion as well as the performance of an experiment was not well received by Mr. Mediu's lawyers.

On October 18, the questioning of witnesses begins

According to the list submitted by the prosecutors of the case, in the next hearing on October 18, the first 15 witnesses, called by SPAK, who are mainly the family members of the victims of the tragedy or the people who were harmed by it, will first be questioned, starting with Zamira e Feruzan Durda, who lost their son from the Gërdec explosion. The court determined that the trial for the former Minister of Defense will take place every Thursday at 9 o'clock. The court also set a fixed day when the trial against Fatmir Mediu will be held. Every Thursday at 09:00. The court process is expected to be long due to the large list of witnesses who have been called to testify.

Mediu's lawyer reacts

Mediu's lawyer revealed yesterday that the ex-minister's defense has privately carried out an examination on the cause of the explosion, and reiterated that his client had a political role. Ardian Visha said that the right to be questioned in court should be given to all the witnesses who requested. According to him, the court is behaving subjectively. "In the list of witnesses we have a major reason for which we called these witnesses and we should be given the right to call all subjects to be questioned before the court. Based on the acts that the court decided to decide, it should have received this decision. The reasons why we requested a re-inspection, the court should have had a rejection reasoning. It did not do this because for us it is a special moment of an undeserved subjectivism. In our inquiries the Court is legally bound to express acceptance or rejection. All have agreed to come as witnesses. The minister's political role has nothing to do with everything, it is attributed to him from a criminal point of view", said Visha. Visha also clarified why they are asking for re-expertise. First, 6 foreign experts were called, while only 3 have signed. This is a procedural problem . First, 6 foreign experts were called, while only 3 signed. This is a procedural problem. Secondly, we have a problem with the conclusion of the act of expertise that is contestable, as impossible to be realized in nature. It is not really what the experts have suggested as the cause of the Gërdec incident. First, 6 foreign experts were called, while only 3 signed. This is a procedural problem. Secondly, we have a problem with the conclusion of the act of expertise that is contestable, as impossible to be realized in nature. It is not really what the experts have suggested as the cause of the incident in Gërdec.

Pse akuzohet Mediu?

Ish-ministri i Mbrojtjes, Fatmir Mediu akuzohet për shpërdorim detyre në lidhje me procesin e çmilitarizimit dhe çmontimit të municioneve që është zhvilluar në ambientet e ish “Brigatës së Tankeve”, në fshatin Gërdec, në bashkëpunim me funksionarë të tjerë të Ministrisë së Mbrojtjes si dhe persona që kanë pasur cilësinë e ushtarakut kuadër komandues, ka nxjerrë disa akte nënligjore në kundërshtim me ligjin. Sipas SPAK, Mediu ka dëmtuar interesat e shtetit dhe ka favorizuar 2 kompanitë, 'SAC' dhe 'Albademil'. Për këtë çështje ai akuzohet për “shpërdorim detyre” referuar Kodit Penal dhe “Shpërdorim i detyrës” në bashkëpunim me subjekt ushtarak-kuadër komandues.

Si ndodhi tragjedia e Gërdecit?

It was March 15 (Saturday), 2008 around 12:05, where as a result of a powerful explosion in the weapons dismantling workshop, at least 26 people lost their lives, workers of this "death" workshop and local children. The explosion was so powerful that it destroyed 3,000 homes and businesses. A long and tough "battle" is taking place between the victims' families and justice. Initially, for this tragedy, the prosecution sent 28 defendants to court, among them Mihal Delijorgjin, president of the "Albademil" company, Ylli Pinari, director of the MEICO company and Dritan Minxholli, factory administrator, who have been released from prison after serving their sentences. relevant. While the trial continues against Fatmir Mediu, currently the chairman of the Republican Party and a member of Parliament.