The former minister in Kosovo was accused of abuse of office, sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison

The former Minister of Infrastructure, Pal Lekaj, has been sentenced to 3 years and eight months of imprisonment for the case of the allocation of additional 53 million euros to the "Bechtel-Enka" consortium for the construction of the "Arbën Xhaferi" highway.

He was convicted for misuse of official duties and intentional damage to the state budget.

Lekaj has also been sentenced to an additional sentence, which prohibits him from exercising public functions in public administration for 3 years and six months.

Together with him, the former secretary of the Ministry Nebih Shatri was sentenced to one year and eight months, the Director of Procurement Besim Tahiri to one year and eight months of imprisonment and the advisor Eset Berisha to 3 years and three months.

In their preliminary statements, all the accused had pleaded not guilty.

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