The "Babale" case, the final date of the decision for Salianji is set

2024-09-20 14:34:57 / POLITIKË ALFA PRESS

The "Babale" case, the final date of the decision for Salianji is set

The Court of Appeal will give the final decision for MP Ervin Salianji on September 26, at 1:00 p.m. This was decided during Friday's session, where the parties presented their positions.

Salianji was sentenced in the First Degree to 1 year in prison, in December 2019, for the charge of "false report". Although he was sentenced to prison, he did not go to jail, as he was investigated and tried without security measures. The decision of the First Instance for 100 hours of work in the public interest has also been appealed by the co-defendant in this case, journalist Jetmir Olldashi. According to the Tirana Court, the former MP Salianji and the journalist staged an audio-tap and false criminal charges against the brother of the former Minister of the Interior, Fatmir Xhafaj.

What did Salianji declare in the session?

Ervin Salianji has defended himself by saying that all the denunciations made by him in the past have been proven to be true. In his speech, he mentioned the names of the denounced officials, from Vangjush Dako, Arben Ndoka, Pjerin Ndodka, Artur Bushi, etc.

"We have considered the denunciation for a long time. It was done on May 14, 2018," Salianji was quoted as saying.

" For three days in a row, there has been silence from the Minister of the Interior (Fatmir Xhafaj), from the prosecutors. Although he has been free for 8 years, the gentleman (Geron Xhafaj) under the influence of his brother and friends goes and surrenders. He goes to Rome with his hands in his pockets to serve his sentence. They take it on purpose, so that it does not deposit its own original voice. Xhafaj's voice was given to the prosecution via USB by his lawyer. There is no proof and no fact . "

Salianji was convicted in the First Degree for "false report", a charge that he does not accept. " How can I file a false report with two people I have never met. I met Albert Veliu when he came to me with the journalist. How is it possible that Alizoti has no telephone communication with me, zero. But there are communications with the head of the parliamentary group of the SP, communication with the director of the Fier Police, with the deputy. the head of the Police. All the prosecutors and judges involved have all been dismissed. They used them, took them and threw them away. The judges who dealt with the case have both been dismissed", said the democratic deputy, writes A2 CNN. "Their narrative is that I want to overthrow the government. What sense does that make? I want to overthrow the government every day. I have a mission. I will go out again to denounce the public interest. Who is the public interest here? A convict went to serve his sentence .

What did the prosecutor say?

The prosecutor of the case, Arben Qose, said that the Appeal should uphold the sentence of the First Degree. " We do not detect procedural violations during the trial. Regarding the complaint of Olldash and Salianj, I note that the arguments are the same. Without wanting to go into the dynamics of the criminal fact, I estimate that the reasons raised in the appeal by the two defendants are not reasons based on the criminal procedural law. In our assessment, it is proven beyond any reasonable doubt that they have committed the criminal offense for which they are accused. The decision of the First Instance is right ", Qose is quoted as saying.

" In the entirety of the evaluation of evidence, telephone records, communications, not only recognition is proven, but also the day when they recorded the audio interception. In conclusion, I believe that the Court's decision is fair and I ask that it be left in force .