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The trial for the "Partizani" case has begun, with the next witness being the former President of the Republic, Bamir Topi.
Bamir Topi has been called to testify in this process, while SPAK prosecutors Arben Kraja and Enkelejda Millonai are present in the courtroom. Sali Berisha is not present in the session, but is represented by his lawyers, while Jamarbër Malltezi and Xhimi Begeja are present.
During questions from the prosecution, Topi spoke about his acquaintances with the people under investigation. Regarding Jamarbër Malltez, he said that he knows him as Sali Berisha's son-in-law, with whom he has worked for a long time.
Discussions in the hall
Court : It turns out that SPAK is present with prosecutors Arben Kraja and Enkelejda Millonai.
Citizen Berisha is not present, but his lawyers are. Fatmir Bektashi is not present, his lawyer is present. Xhimi Begeja is present at the hearing. Andia Pustina is not present, her lawyer is present. Jamarbër Malltezi is present.
Court : You have an obligation to tell the truth, the whole truth.
Bamir Topi: I swear.
Court : This is about the prosecution.
Enkelejda Millonai: Do you know the defendants Fatmir Bektashi, Andia Pustina, Jamarbër Malltezi?
Bamir Topi: I know Malltez as the son-in-law of Dr. Berisha, with whom I have worked for a long time. I want to specify that we have never even sat down for a coffee. So, it was a distance acquaintance.
Mr. Begeja and I lived in an old neighborhood, about 500 meters apart. He lived on Selvia Street, I on Rruga e Bërdikadave. We neither sat down nor had a conversation. I know Mr. Bektashi as a character who was involved in politics at one time. If I'm not mistaken, he was once a deputy minister. I don't know Andia Pustina.
Enkelejda Millonai: When was Mr. Bektashi deputy minister?
Topi : I have the impression that he was a deputy minister during the Meksi era, if I'm not mistaken.
SPAK : Can you explain to us about the procedure with the dissemination plan? Which structures were doing the final study?
Bamir Topi : In my capacity as President of the Republic, I was also Commander of the Armed Forces. The deployment plan process was a political process that came from the Ministry of Defense, a technical process and came as an act. The entire preparation consisted of the headquarters and the Ministry of Defense.
At that time, it was a time of reforms, reforms to join NATO, and the entire procedure, the entire process, was assisted by very well-known NATO experts. It was implemented, closed by the headquarters, and came to me only to be legally closed.
SPAK: During that time, do you remember how much decision-making you may have had about the plan?
Bamir Topi : It was not only the President's right to close a procedure that went with a major achievement to join NATO.
Nuk di gje, nuk kam pare gje, nuk kam degjuar gje.