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Democrats seek sacking of Durres mayor over gang leader’s release

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TIRANA, Dec. 15 – Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party has urged the government to sack Durres Mayor Vangjush Dako, a Socialist, after investigative journalists showed he had sent a letter to the court in support of the early release of a notorious gang leader and convicted murderer. The Municipality of Durres offered a guarantee that it would give a job to Lulzim Berisha if he was released on bail and if he couldn’t find a job in the private sector. The letter was published by BIRN and Voice of America. In the Court of Appeal decision to free Berisha early,…

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  • Democratic Party Chairman Lulzim Basha said Dako had helped in the release of “a criminal who has killed and terrorized citizens of Durres," adding the local branch of the Democratic Party has “decided to ask Prime Minister Edi Rama to immediately discharge of Dako office, based on the Constitution and laws of the country.”

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