"I have no criminal responsibility"/ Fatmir Mediu after the session at the GJKKO: I came to respect justice

2023-11-30 16:25:00, Aktualitet CNA

Fatmir Mediu

After 6 hours in SPAK, the former Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu has declared that he has no criminal responsibility for the "Gërdec" tragedy that happened in March 2008.

In front of the media, the former minister said that he appeared at the GJKKO today out of respect for the court and justice. He underlined that the minister is not a military man and at no time has he influenced anyone about the dismantling factory.

"I came here today out of respect for the court and justice. I have no criminal liability. The issue of ammunition was of interest. Until 2010 we had to dismantle the ammunition. The minister has not influenced anyone on what should be done. I have sent every letter to the highest military and civil structures. The Minister of Defense is not a military man. I look for a fair process, I don't want to prejudice, today I tried to ask those I worked with and to know about the truth," said Mediu.

71 witnesses among them and the son of the former prime minister, Shkëlzen Berisha, are part of the "Gërdeci" file process.

At the initiative of Zamira Durda and other family members who lost their relatives in the Gërdec explosion, SPAK reopened the investigation into the case and accuses Fatmir Mediu of "Misuse of duty" carried out in cooperation and "Misuse of duty" in cooperation with a military subject-command cadre for the explosion at the weapons dismantling "factory" that killed 26 people and injured hundreds more in 2008./CNA