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TIRANA, Oct. 4 – Concerns over lawmakers with criminal pasts have made a comeback in Albanian politics, as the main opposition Democratic Party has filed motions with authorities for two MPs to be screened under Albania’s decriminalization law. DP has asked the Central Election Commission to look into the declaration forms of Aqif Rakipi, an MP of the Party for Justice, Integration and Unity as well as requested the Prosecutor’s Office to verify the past of Gjetan Gjetani, an MP of the Socialist Party. The Democrats suspect the two lawmakers have had troubles with the law neighboring Italy. Rakipi, a…
