Published December 30,2023
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A courtroom in Albania on Saturday ordered that former president and prime minister Sali Berisha be positioned beneath home arrest following corruption fees referring to his time in workplace.
Prosecutors accuse Berisha, 79, of utilizing his affect whereas premier between 2005 and 2009 to favor his daughter’s husband within the privatization of a state land. Berisha has denied any wrongdoing.
Berisha now heads Albania’s largest opposition occasion, the Democratic Party.
“The court has accepted the prosecution’s request by changing a previous measure and has now ordered house arrest (for Berisha) without the possibility of leaving the country,” Berisha’s lawyer Genc Gjokutaj mentioned after courtroom’s resolution.
Gjokutaj mentioned Berisha will attraction the decision. The former PM has denied the prosecution’s claims, accusing present Prime Minister Edi Rama of finishing up a political assault to silence the opposition.
The prosecution has nonetheless to current its ultimate indictment.
Berisha served as president from 1992 to 1997 after the tumultuous collapse of communism within the poor southwestern Balkan nation, and as prime minister from 2005 to 2013.
In 2021 the U.S. barred entry to Berisha and his household, with the State Department accusing him of getting been concerned whereas prime minister in “corrupt acts” that included utilizing his energy for his personal profit and to counterpoint family members and political allies.
Berisha denied the accusations.
Source: www.anews.com.tr