Opposition accuses government of issuing false certificates

TIRANA, Oct. 2 – A former official of the interior ministry accused government authorities, and precisely Interior Minister Sokol Olldashi, of producing up to 1.4 million false personal certificates lacking the proper security elements. Saimir Lacei said that he was witness to such an activities, accusing Olldashi directly for such a scandal. Lacei said that he was fired from the post after he had denounced these activities at such a high official level in the government.
That was immediately exploited by the opposition, accusing the government of trying to manipulate the up-coming local government elections with many voters trying to use false documents such as these. Earlier this year opposition officials of the local government in Tirana denounced the act of using personal certificates from other districts for Tirana residents.
The reaction from the government authorities was that the certificates were legal and they were produced based on all legal procedures. Eduart Aliko of the Interior Ministry said that Lacei was fired because of continuous disciplinary mistakes. At the same time the ministry sued Lacei for such an offense.