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TIRANA, Dec 23 – Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha’s trial for abuse of post will start in January at the Supreme Court.
Basha has been accused of abuse of post and corruptive ways in the contract that gave the construction of the Rreshen-Kalimash road segment to the US-Turkish consortium Bechtel-Enka, something which he has turned down.
At the same time the Tirana court and the Appeals Court have decided that there was no enough proof to start the investigation against Basha and Andi Toma, his former legal adviser at the Transport Ministry. Two other officials were released of their charges.
Basha’s case has turned into a political confrontation with the opposition directly accusing Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
