Prison sentence for the former mayor of Lushnje, Tushe and his subordinates

In Albania, the Special Court against Organised Crime and Corruption sentenced today to 3 years and 8 months' removal of freedom to the former Mayor of Lusnje, arrested in July last year.

Due to the reduced trial, he will have to serve two years and four months in prison, while for the next five years he is barred from exercising public office.

For her part, the Special Prosecution, the SPAK, had sought his sentence for 5 years.

But the court dropped the charges of “equality match in tenders”, putting the charges of “to effect Using the task”, in two cases, one for allowing for illegal construction and another for abuse of municipal fuel funds. The former mayor's lawyer had sought innocence for his client.

Also under way were 19 officials and other municipal officials and entrepreneurs.

Former Deputy Mayor Gentian Niushi was sentenced to 2 years and six months in prison for charging abuse of office and violations of equality in public tenders. The sentence was reduced to 1 year and eight months, while for 5 years it cannot exercise public office.

For the rest of the defendants, the sentences were easier to measure, on charges from “passive corruption of persons exercising public functions” to “Numbering participants in tenders or public auctions”, “Using task”, and “forforging” documents. / VOA