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The lawyers of Fredi Beleri, the winning candidate of the opposition in the May 14 elections, have filed a new request in the special court for the release of the elected mayor of Himara.
Its examination is done today, while the jury is asked to replace the prison arrest with another measure of freedom, enabling Fredi Beleri to take the oath as the mayor elected by the citizens of Himara. According to the lawyers, this right is denied to Beler if he is not released by mid-September when he loses his mandate.
Fredi Beleri has been in custody since May 12 of this year after he was arrested for buying the votes of 8 citizens for 40,000 lek.
On July 15, Fredi Beleri lost the battle with Albanian justice to leave the cell.
The Supreme Court overthrew Fredi Beleri, leaving in effect the prison sentence given by the Special Court of Appeal.
Fredi Beleri, who won the local elections, was arrested on May 12, on suspicion of passive corruption in the election carried out in cooperation.
Other courts have rejected his request to be released in 5 cases, while for the first time this security measure will be examined in the Supreme Court.
Two days before the May 14 local elections, Beleri was arrested on charges of active corruption in elections or vote buying.
A person cooperated with the police and the prosecutor's office of Vlora to document the fact of the accusation, he was provided with the necessary logistics, since the registrar.
The infiltrator managed to get the sum of 40 thousand new lek in search of 8 votes in favor of Beler. Beleri was declared the winner by the cell in the election, but his oath was never taken to take office.
His arrest has provoked the reaction of Athens, which insists on his release, stating that his arrest has political connections. Even the Greek MEP, Manolis Kefalogianis, at the same time the Chairman of the EU-Albania Joint Stabilization-Association Committee who visited the city of Himara yesterday (July 18, 2023) demanded the release of the elected mayor Fredi Beleri.
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