Special Prosecutor seeks teacher's guilty plea for desecration of national symbols at school

According to the Special Prosecutor's Act, accused Hajredinaj, knowing that on November 27, 2024, the national flag's day was celebrated at school because of his religious beliefs, which he previously expressed in front of the students, he received the red flag and pliss, and, despite the students ' opposition, he threw them into the trash basket.

“has filed charges due to the criminal offence of division and failure. During the trial review, it has undoubtedly proved that the defendant has committed the high-ranking criminal act. The actual situation has been proven, which means the defendant committed the crime. It was confirmed that the defendant with 27.11,2024 at the Jajajl Mustafa~ school, acting in the quality of the official person as a teacher, so he entered the6/4 class facing national clothing, took the flag and plisin from some students and threw them into the garbage basket and removed from the classroom a student who had national clothing. The administration of evidence, by statements of witnesses and defendants, proves that the defendant has taken concrete public action with direct intent to promote division and failure. In front of minor students, she has desecrated Albanian national symbols, dropping the flag and plis, leaving an 11-year-old student class. Witness statements have also been confirmed by these acts of hatred. Throwing the symbols accompanied by the exception of a minor student constitutes a humiliating act”, the indictment says.

It is further said that it is clear that the action was not deliberate but deliberate.

We consider that criminal work has been committed in an educational environment. Based on the trial administered by the defendant, he committed this criminal act, proposed to the Court to convict him and punish him according to the law, and sentence him from the exercise of office in public administration”, said special prosecutor Bekim Kodaliu.

And defender of accused Muhamet Hajredinaj, lawyer Muhamet Mujaj, said the Special Prosecutor's claims are unfounded, and defendant Muhamet Mujaj has not carried out the work on which he is charged. He asked for his release.

The “is not true what is stated by a prosecutor for the actual situation. Neither material nor personal evidence that the accused has taken action because of religious motives. His request was for students to be dressed in uniform. The professor has demanded that the priests, the flag go away and continue the learning process. There is no evidence that Muhammad has promoted division... the accused has even declared in court that those symbols are his national symbols. Witness statements are very contradictory with many prejudices. The professor has failed to indicate that she was present when the case occurred. It wasn't intended to launch the flag, but it was in effect. We request that you release the accused,”, attorney Muhamet Mujaj has said.

The lawyer's final word was supported by accused Muhammad Hajredinaj himself. After the case Hajredinaj was suspended from school at “Gezmail Mustafa”.

KOHA reported on the day of the event, how the symbols were caused by the English-language teacher at the school “Xhemail Mustafa”, expelled a student from the class who refused to remove the pliss from his head and threw the red and black flag into the trash.