
The court session for the former mayor of Kukes, convicted of passive corruption for the sexual scandal in his office, is set for December 23, 2024, at 11:00.
The former socialist local official is seeking release from prison due to serious health problems, as he has been in isolation since the summer of last year.
The next session at the Court of Elbasan for Safet Gjicin will be held with the purpose of "examining the act of medical and legal expertise."
Forensic experts took the oath in front of the court and took the tasks of assessing Safet Gjic's health condition.
Among the tasks that will be assigned to you are: to determine the state of health, to assess whether he can receive the necessary treatment in prison and is his life endangered by being in solitary confinement?
In the next session, the experts will give their assessment on December 23. According to lawyer Markeljan Jançe, the former mayor suffers from problems of the cardiovascular system, enlargement of the aorta and severe form of diabetes.
Gjici is being punished for passive corruption and abuse of office. In his request to judge Suela Lika, the defense lawyer relied on article 59/a point C of the Criminal Code, according to which a convicted person who has less than 2 years left in prison can stay at home due to the condition health.
Safet Gjici, sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment, still has 1 year and 2 months of remaining sentence to pay, meanwhile he is currently hospitalized in a private hospital.
According to the lawyer, Gjici suffered from problems earlier, but the difficult psychological situation in prison has also worsened his health.
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