Former mayor of Bulqiza sentenced to prison for abuse of duty

The Special Court found the former mayor of Bulqiza, Lefter Alla, guilty and sentenced to 2 years in prison. The former mayor of Bulqiza, Lefter Alla, and 8 other people were found guilty by the Special Court, on charges of abuse of office, violation of equality in tenders and forgery.

Alla was sentenced to 3 years in prison, but due to the shortened trial, she will eventually suffer 2 years of imprisonment.

The former mayor, allegedly in cooperation with other former officials, favored two companies during the public procurement procedure in order to then have the works for the water supply carried out by the other company that is under the administration of Aqif Konesha.

It is about the tender “Construction of the water supply network and distribution network and the construction of the KUZ network, Old quarter, Bulqizë city, Bulqizë municipality”, worth about 3 million euros, with a time limit of 10 months./abcnews.al