The persecuted: how the money is divided MINISTRY OF FINANCE: WE HAVE COMPENSATED MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE SINCE 2014 Compensation for former persecuted persons: 1.2 billion lek were allocated in the first 5 months of the year. Another 750 million lek will be disbursed by the end of 2015. Here are the priority categories

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CASE FILE / The 5 arguments the court accepted in the murder of Dritan Lamaj Appeals sentences Arben Frroku to life imprisonment, prosecution: He gave contradictory testimony (In photo:) The defendant Arben Frroku in the Court of First Instance (now free). Chief Commissioner Dritan Lamaj and the car in which he was shot 2 years ago Prosecutors: After committing the crime, Frroku travelled with the other car and joined his own car at the border. We believe the witness; he was 20 meters away FIVE PROSECUTION ARGUMENTS AND FRROKU’S POSITION: “First, we sought the motive that led the defendant to commit the murder against the victim. According to the prosecution, Frroku had wounded Lami’s public. Frroku’s brother claims that the conflict with Lamaj + had addressed the justice authorities Second, we proved the mechanism of carrying out this murder in terms of the number of people, the means used, and the route followed by them[?]. Arben Frroku was on the known road of Tirana when the crime happened, but while heading toward Greece. The prosecution emphasizes that after committing the crime, Frroku travelled in another car and joined his own car, with which he crossed the border toward Greece. Third, we proved the defendant’s presence at the scene, specifically in the role of the executioner. Here it refers to the testimony of the defense witness Artël Ndoja, who says that Frroku was behind the wheel of the car from which Lamaj was shot. Fourth, the vehicle[?] of his own vehicle linked to the purpose of his earlier murder in Greece against the suspect. Frroku claims that he traveled to Greece to take part in his cousin’s trial. His testimony is contradictory to this claim. Fifth, we proved the possibility of leaving the scene after committing the crime until the moment he crossed the Kapshticë-Korçë border point. Frroku claimed that it was impossible to cover the Tirana-Kapshticë road in one hour. The investigative experiment proved otherwise. By ORNELA MANJANI The Ministry of Finance will distribute 2 billion lek for the compensation of former political persecuted persons during this year. Payments will depend on the review of the files by the Ministry of Justice. Finance has so far made payments for all the files administered by it. In just the last two years, a total of 1.9 billion lek per year is expected to be distributed. According to the analysis of the Ministry of Finance, during 2014 and 2015 around 4,500 files or 7,134 people have been paid, with a value of 1.8 billion lek for 2014 and 1.2 billion lek, only in the first 5 months of 2015, while the amount of 749,788,900 lek remains to be disbursed by On pages 6-7 By KLODIANA LALA The Special Appeals Prosecutor’s Office listed five main arguments on the basis of which it insisted on the sentence...

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Opinion of the Day By KIÇO BLUSHI Until last Sunday I was in Orikum, in the company of two Dutch friends. Wherever we went, in Dukat, in Tragjas, in Llogara, ... The rural-urban atmosphere and the elections Continued on page 20

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