Criminal amnesty/Manja: About 800 convicts benefit, no senior official is amnestied

schedule13:17 - 24 Prill, 2024

schedule 13:17 - 24 Prill, 2024

The implementation of the criminal amnesty began this Wednesday. The Minister of Justice, Ulsi Manja, after a visit to the Rrogozhina prison, declared that about 800 convicts will benefit. Manja clarified that no senior official, who has been convicted by GJKKO, benefits from the criminal amnesty. According to Manja, from this amnesty, the state budget saves 30 million euros.

“Beneficiaries are 15 women, while 9 others benefit from reduced sentences. My congratulations go to their families, but also to them. I wish for a normal union, to return to honest work.

This was the message I gave to a group of convicts, don’t look back, family is above everything. I also want to thank the general directorate of prisons, which during this time, processed the documentation of 1600 people. This process will continue. You will receive the figures and categories of persons in the following days, no senior official who is currently serving a sentence will benefit from this amnesty.

With a reduced sentence, there are a number the size of the fingers of one hand, they are released with a reduced sentence, Beneficiary category of high officials, there is none. The cost for one prisoner is 36.5 euros, it saves the state budget 30 million euros”, he emphasized./abcnews.al

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