Nov 10, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The elected mayor of Himara, Fredi Beleri, who has been in prison since May
12, for buying votes, gave an interview to the Greek media ERT .
In the interview, Beleri says that he is being held in prison in order not to take the office of mayor.
He also said that he cannot be kept in jail for so long just because of a
witness accused of fraud and theft.
"After admitting that it was financed, in any
democratic country the accusation would have been dismissed. I cannot be
held in custody for so long with the testimony of a convicted fraud and theft
and a police associate that the Himara Police Director has admitted to being
used in other cases. To the lawyer's question "what happened after
you left to get the money?". He says I don't remember. He went
and handed over the money after 8 hours, a false story ," he says.
Beleri has exploded against Albanian justice, even noting that at this
moment in Himare, the mayor remains the one who was defeated in the May 14
elections.
"The judges, the people who are supposed to have
run the "new justice" as they like to call it, these are the old
ones. They are people who have "tails" from the past, they have
affairs. A person who lost the elections remains in the administration of
the municipality and for as long as he stays in the Albanian press and the
judiciary there are accusations that he makes decisions, which constitute
scandals and financial irregularities. We filed lawsuits for forged
documents that are in the file, which SPAK closes the case and does not accept
our lawsuits", he added.
Fredi Beleri underlines that the main goal of the government is not to
allow him to be mayor and to implement the reconstruction plan of Himara.
"Mr. Rama's anxiety was not to lose the
municipality of Himara. I believe that he is trying to exclude me from the
fight for the Municipality, if elections are held again. They will
continue the same policy of grabbing property and trying to make life difficult
and deprive the local residents, the Greeks, of financial resources, with the
aim of leaving us."
According to Beler, there is tangible evidence on the basis of which it is
proven that the Albanian authorities are falsifying property declarations,
proceeding at the same time with illegal changes to the zonal plan of Himara.
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