"Gërdeci" file/Mediu: Political game using victims' family members

2023-09-15 16:11:00, Politikë CNA

"Gërdeci" file/Mediu: Political game using victims' family

Former Minister of Defense, Fatmir Mediu

The former Minister of Defense, Fatmir Mediu, has spoken again about the accusations leveled against him for the "Gërdeci" file.

Mediu said in an interview with Ola Bruko that a political game is being played with this issue, using the families of the victims of Gërdec.

He claimed that the accusation that the minister avoided the Armed Forces is absurd, as he claims that he has never done this.

Also, the former Minister of Defense declared that he is innocent of the other charges brought against him.

" We asked for summary judgment based on the element of the criminal code, which is the statute of limitations, which the court's decision not to evaluate is absurd to us and it shows an irregular process...

This is the first issue, whether or not there is a process. We did not ask with the idea of ??asking for a reduction, because the guilt for me is the same for something that I did not commit. Second, I have asked that the truth be followed to the end.

The third is to understand the political game that has been played using the families of the victims, who have every right in the world to raise claims, but for their representative to go and ask for a trial, it is absurd...

It's not 90, it's more. All those who are in the process of investigation, who were witnesses, etc., this case is starting to be judged from the beginning.

But why? Because the first fable was that the dismantling was done for economic gain, which is untrue. It was an obligation. The US Department of Defense has made an assessment in 2006, 2008 and Vice. The American Secretary of Defense has been involved in Albania's relationship, in receiving NATO's invitation. The American teams have been daily assistance.

To clarify once and for all this propaganda building, considering the minister as a military authority, with completely false accusations. What was most absurd is the accusation that the minister has avoided the Armed Forces, I have never been the only one, I have respected them both professionally and humanly.

Court decisions have excluded the minister from the explosion. I am accused of not respecting the agreement, the stabilization agreement of the association, which entered into force a year later. I am accused of choosing the company, which is not true. The first three orders of the minister have been appreciated by the court as legal ", emphasized Mediu./ CNA