The Council of Mandates meets this Tuesday at 16:00, to consider the request of SPAK for the arrest of former Deputy Prime Minister Arben Ahmetaj.
The Special Prosecutor’s Office asked the assembly for permission to arrest the former finance minister and former deputy prime minister Arben Ahmetaj at the same time.
Journalist Esiona Konomi told ABC News that the voluminous file of SPAK was not given to all MPs because they do not have the security certificate.
Due to investigative secrecy in the investigations, the meeting of the Council of Mandates will also be held behind closed doors at the request of SPAK, while it is still unclear whether the former Deputy Prime Minister Ahmetaj himself will be in person to defend himself in the commission or represented by his defense lawyers. ABC News has also secured the SPAK file against Ahmetaj, but cannot publish it to obey the order of the Prosecutor’s Office, as long as the investigations constitute investigative secrecy.
SPAK has started investigations for Ahmatej since last September in connection with the construction and concession of the Elbasan incinerator.
On Friday, the Special Prosecutor’s Office submitted a request to the Assembly to obtain approval for the arrest of Ahmetaj and his personal control as well as his apartment for 3 charges, that of Corruption, money laundering and concealment of assets.
The request arrived on Monday at the Assembly, while on Tuesday at 16:00, Lindita Nikolla ordered the meeting of the Council of Mandates to decide whether to grant the authorization for the removal of Ahmetaj’s mandate.
Then the prosecutor will ask the special court to set a security measure for Ahmetaj and to approve a personal and apartment search. In an official announcement, the special prosecutor’s office said that Arben Ahmetaj is accused of 3 criminal offenses, non-declaration of assets and money laundering, as well as corruption committed in 6 different episodes.
On June 22, the former deputy prime minister appeared in SPAk where he testified for about 6 hours.
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