Mediu’s trial postponed for September

TIRANA, July 6 – The blocking of the Thirre tunnel at the Rreshen-Kalimash road segment served as the excuse for the lawyers of former defense minister and leader of the Republican Party Fatmir Mediu not to be present at the trial session on Monday.
Mediu is accused of abuse of post for the last year’s blast in Gerdec at the ammunition disposal factory which killed 26 and injured 300 people in the area.
The other 28 charged persons, including top military and ministry officials and managers of the private company, are being judged at the Tirana court.
The absence of Mediu’s lawyers obliged the Supreme Court to postpone the next session to September 14.
The transport ministry had announced the tunnel would be closed Monday-Thursday due to ongoing work inside the 5.5 kilometer long tunnel.
that sparked anger among the family members of the dead persons saying that was made on purpose. They said at that time Mediu will be mandated as a parliament lawmaker again and the prosecutors will have it difficult to make the same request to lift the parliamentary immunity.
But some of them also threatened with vigilante.
At the same time the military officials asked their case be divided from that of the civilians. That is to be done the first session they are to hold.