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Families of the former Reserve School speak out after the execution of Judge Kalaja...
New details and shocking reactions have emerged following the murder of Judge Astrit Kalaja in the premises of the Court of Appeal in Tirana. The incident today proves once again how properties in Albania take innocent lives, even in the justice system.
At the center of the conflict is the building of the former Reserve School in Shkodra. 31 families were sheltered there after the collapse of the system. But in 2012, the building was privatized, according to residents in a suspicious manner. That same year, the 31 families sheltered there began a legal battle over ownership, which continued for years in the country's courts.
Gjon Shkëmbi, the uncle of Elvis, the young man who was arrested today as the author of the murder of the Court of Appeal judge, claimed that he was the owner of the building. But the families did not vacate the building, accusing him of forgery. There were several trials between them in the Shkodra Court, and then it ended in the Appeal Court.
The families sheltered there have spoken to the media, accusing state institutions and the former mayor of Shkodra, Lorenc Luka, of being responsible for the conflict that degenerated into crime.
In their statements, the residents say that the Shkëmbi family does not have any ownership documents over the building and that the legal process is filled with "forgeries and manipulations."
One of the residents said that earlier, Gjon Shkëmbi, the uncle of the perpetrator of the murder, Elvis Shkëmbi, had gone armed to the building, but the police had not taken any action.
" We had a trial, we won, the Court of Appeals overturned it. The Vlora Appeal came and they judged in Shkodra, not the Shkodra Appeal, and they overturned the charges for falsifying documents because he had no property and did not have the decision of the Municipality Council. When the trial was held in the First Instance, they saw that they were losing the trial and dismissed the case. Now Gjon Shkambi has come here armed, the police have come, we have told him that he has a gun in his car, and the police have not 'broken his head' to go and arrest him. The state is to blame. They have no property at all because we took the land from the National Agency for Restitution and Compensation of Property in Tirana, because Gjon Shkambi has no property in Shkodra. And it is in the court's decision there. They have lost all the trials because they do not have documents, they have only forged and manipulated. If he had a document, he would enjoy it ", declared one of the residents.
Another citizen, also sheltered in the same facility, added that for 33 years these families have lived under judicial pressure and threats, while blaming the state for the entire situation.
" Gjon Shkambi came in 2012: it's my building, it's my house. He's taken us to court. We've invested as much as we could in it, we've spent money. Now and for a long time, he's been pressuring us, it's my house, they want the house. We've been in tension for 33 years, the state is to blame. The municipality that gave it to us went and sold it to him. No one is to blame but the municipality. It sheltered us in it and then sold it to him. The state is to blame for everything, it's a pity it has nowhere to go, because for all this the judge didn't have to be killed. We had previously gone to the streets rather than killing the judge. It's better to kill us than to kill the innocent judge. The state gave it to us, the state gave it to him, all the blame is on the state, " the resident said.
The event has shocked the justice system and public opinion, while residents' testimonies shed light on a long history of corruption, inaction and institutional abuse that, in the end, ended with the tragedy of a serving judge. / Pamphlet
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