Fredi Beleri has been released from Fier prison, where he was serving his sentence for vote buying.
Today, the Court of Fier decided to release BelerI from prison, 6 weeks before the end of his sentence.
Meanwhile, Beleri’s son, Petro Beleri, is outside the Fier prison, who welcomed his father with a hug.
Also waiting for him was the former candidate of the opposition for the Municipality of Himara, Petro Gjikuria.
Meanwhile, it is said that a celebratory event (meeting) will be organized in Himara for the release of Beleri, but there are no additional details about this.
On leaving the prison cell, Beleri gave a statement to the media, where he described the August 4 elections in Himara as illegal.
Beleri said that he is the winner of the municipality of Himara and his mandate was unfairly removed by the government of Prime Minister Rama.
“There are no elections in Albania because the government has decided that there will be no elections in this country. In the elections that were held on May 14, I emerged as the winner, the elections that were held on August 4 were illegal. Illegal was my dismissal, illegal was the presidential election decree and illegal were the Prime Minister’s decisions to implicate the entire state and the mafia to win an election in a village,” said Beleri.
Beleri also focused on receiving the mandate of the MEP and the work he will have as a representative of New Democracy in the European Parliament.
He said that “with the opportunity he will have, he will raise his voice in the European Parliament for justice in Albania”.
Beleri added that he will continue the legal battle in the Strasbourg Court and if he turns out to be innocent, he will run again in Himara.
“I will continue the legal battle in Strasbourg. This case will be closed in Strasbourg and will seek justice there. When the Strasbourg decision is over and if I am found innocent, of course I will run”, Beleri said.
We remind that Beleri was arrested on May 12 last year, on the charge of buying votes for the May 14 elections, where he was running for mayor.
Although in prison, Beleri managed to get the majority of votes and win against the candidate of the Socialist Party, Jorgo Goro, but the isolation prevented him from running the municipality.
