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Suspension sought for three elected officials over criminal records

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TIRANA, Dec. 22 – Albania’s General Prosecutor’s Office has called for the suspension from office of two parliamentarians and a mayor over the non-disclosure of information in the framework of the decriminalization process. The elected officials did not disclose prior criminal convictions, prosecutors say. A spokesperson of the General Prosecutor’s Office said the immunity of members of parliament Dashamir Tahiri from the Party for Justice, Integration and Unity and Shkelqim Selami from the Socialist Movement for Integration along with the Socialist Party mayor of Kavaja, Elvis Rroshi, must be lifted, because the three officials failed to declare problems with the…

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