The "Gërdeci" file/ 6 former officials that Mediu has asked to be questioned as witnesses

2023-09-08 12:15:00, Aktualitet CNA

The "Gërdeci" file/ 6 former officials that Mediu has asked to be

Former minister, Fatmir Mediu

The defense of the former minister, Fatmir Mediu, at the session of the GJKKO, has asked to question about 90 witnesses, former officials of the ministry, the government, but also representatives of companies.

According to Euronews, Mediu has asked to be asked as witnesses:

Pandeli Majko, in the capacity of the former Minister of Defense because he approved the main security documents, the orders for the management of excess ammunition and their destruction. It is also responsible for the contract with private companies financed by donors for dismantling.

Besnik Mustafaj, in the capacity of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007. The latter was in charge of coordinating the Interministerial Commission on NATO Integration, in the preparation and implementation of MAP obligations (plan of obligations for membership ), as well as the main negotiator at the Atlantic Council in Brussels.

Ridvan Bode, in the capacity of former Minister of Finance for the period 2005-2013. He was part of the approval of the decision of the Council of Ministers no. 138 / 2007 for the dismantling of excess ammunition, as well as the approval of the defense budget assessment within the framework of NATO membership.

Aldo Bumçi, in the capacity of the former Minister of Justice at the time when the decision of the Council of Ministers for VKM no. 138/2007 on the dismantling of ammunition was approved.

Mimi Kodheli, in the capacity of the former Minister of Defense for the period 2013-2017, during which the dismantling process continued.

Besnik Baraj, as former deputy Minister of Defense, who has been delegated the powers to sign agreements with partners for carrying out the dismantling.

International officials have also been invited as witnesses. It is about Brigadier General Georgios Mouroutsos, Colonel Louis L. Boros and Gregory Cannata, leaders of the CUBIC team, under the Ministry of Defense, selected by the US Department of Defense for the reforms and modernization of the FA.

Foreign citizens, representatives of the SAC company, were also invited to testify for Fatmir Mediu:

Patrick Corneilous Henry

David Clark Howell

Sidney Tison MacIntyre,

William Merritt Hart,

Sodney Spencer Taylor

These witnesses must be questioned and clarify all the circumstances of the case and the duties they performed.