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Fredi Beleri stayed in the prison car the entire time when the escort was made to his grandmother's last residence and was only allowed a few minutes at the end...
The elected mayor of Himara, Fredi Beleri, has arrived at the cemetery of Himara where the funeral ceremony of his grandmother will take place.
The entire city is cordoned off by numerous police forces and Rapid Intervention Forces. Dozens of officers will be present at the funeral ceremony to guarantee security.
Fredi Beleri stayed in the prison car the entire time it was escorted to his grandmother's last residence.
Even the ceremony in the church, the mayor of Himara watched from the windows of the prison car, while at the time of the burial of the grandmother who passed away at the age of 98, Beleri was allowed to go outside for a few moments.
Today, Beleri asked for permission to leave the cell for a few hours and escort the deceased grandmother to her last apartment.
Fredi Beleri was arrested two days before the May 14 local elections, becoming the only candidate in Albania to be elected to public office while in prison.
The prosecution accuses Beleri of "active corruption in the elections", claiming that he has proven beyond any doubt that he had offered a police associate 50 euros for every vote he could find in his favor as mayor of Himara. His accomplice, Pandeli Kokaveshi, is accused of the same criminal act.
The latter did not appear at the hearings, but requested that the process continue in the presence of his lawyer.
Beleri has made several requests to get out of the cell in order to be sworn in and take office as Mayor of Himara, but they have been rejected by all levels of the courts.
Fredi Beleri was caught red-handed with his associate Pandeli Kokaveshi buying votes. Beleri could not take office, as the judicial authorities did not give him permission to take the oath. He, together with the Greek government, call the arrest politically motivated, and Greece has even threatened to veto Albania's integration into the European Union.
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