Trial against Prifti started

Both defendants were not present in the courtroom, but they were represented by their lawyers. Dritan Prifti’s lawyer, Fatmir Braka, asked the court to suspend the case, with the argument that the prosecution shouldn’t had started and should not continue. Braka declared that all investigative actions and materials are completely invalid. The lawyer declared that the Prosecution had exceeded its competences by registering the case when it was declared as invalid by the Supreme Court, during the review of Ilir Meta’s case. two other decisions of the Supreme Court Penal College, one of which is about the immunity of the former Defense Minister, Fatmir Mediu, and the other for the former Deputy Prime Minister, Ilir Meta, the Penal college has declared that the fact is not present.

“All these requests are invalid, since the beginning of this procedure, due to the request that we see as invalid, for giving the authorization to remove the immunity, and because the expertise that came out of the former trial, was declared invalid by the Supreme Court”, Braka declared.

Vladimir Meci, the defensive lawyer of the former Deputy Minister Leonard Beqiraj, presented the same arguments. For Meci, the expertise of Glen Bart was declared invalid, and since it cannot produce consequences, the case is completely invalid.

After hearing the Prosecutor, the judge panel led by Mirela Fana, and with members Gani Dizdari, Fatos Lulo, Aleksander Muskaj and Arjana Fullani, with give their opinion on May 7th.

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