Albania: Sali Berisha’s parliamentary immunity ends

Today, Thursday (12/21), the Albanian Parliament decided to lift the parliamentary immunity of the former President of the Republic, Prime Minister and current opposition leader Sali Berisha, paving the way for his arrest and trial on corruption charges.

More specifically, this decision was accompanied by Strong protests Of the opposition representatives who They overturned chairs, lit smoke bombs, and chanted slogans.

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Berisha himself described the decision as a criminal and gross violation of the Constitution, and called on his followers to demonstrate continuously to disobey the state, until the overthrow of the Rama regime, as he calls the government of socialists.

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He requested the lifting of immunity from the Anti-Corruption Prosecution (SPAK), which is investigating the possible involvement of Berisha, as Prime Minister, in cases of buying and selling land in Tirana, for the benefit of his relatives.

The prosecution had imposed some restrictive conditions on Berisha His mandatory appearance before the police at regular intervalsBut where is the former president and prime minister? He did not complyaccording to APE-MPE.

Now he has two possibilities: to remain in detention, which is difficult because he has exceeded the minimum age stipulated by the law, or to be placed under house arrest.

It should be noted that Berisha, as a corruption suspect, was classified as non grata in both the United States and Great Britain.