{"id":15879,"date":"2021-06-17T15:17:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=15879"},"modified":"2021-06-17T15:32:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:32:19","slug":"former-gjirokastra-mayor-sentenced-to-1-year-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-gjirokastra-mayor-sentenced-to-1-year-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Gjirokastra Mayor sentenced to 1 year in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Mayor of Gjirokastra, Zamira Rami, was found guilty of abuse of office charges and sentenced to one year in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Rami will not spend any time behind bars as her sentence will be converted to community work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on Article 63 in the Criminal Code, the prison sentence will be suspended and replaced by 120 hours of community work within 6 months, with the condition that the defendant respects the provisions stipulated by Article 62 of the Criminal Code\u201d, a statement released by the court read.<\/p>\n<p>The charges were brought up to court by the Special Anti-Corruption Structure in Albania after two families sued Rami that she had illegally demolished their homes for the sake of two urban qualification projects.<\/p>\n<p>The families complained as no expropriation procedure had been launched.<\/p>\n<p>After investigating the families&#8217; claims, SPAK determined that their incurred financial damage totaled 5.6 million Albanian Lek.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/31\/justice-minister-gjonaj-calls-on-spak-to-investigate-discharged-prosecutors-and-judges\/\">Justice Minister Gjonaj calls on SPAK to investigate discharged prosecutors and judges<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/28\/ambassador-kim-meets-spak-and-nbi-directors-time-of-impunity-is-coming-to-an-end\/\">Ambassador Kim meets SPAK and NBI directors: The time of impunity is coming to an end<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/07\/spak-seeks-two-year-prison-sentence-for-former-general-prosecutor-llalla\/\">SPAK seeks two-year prison sentence for former general prosecutor Llalla<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Mayor of Gjirokastra, Zamira Rami, was found guilty of abuse of office charges and sentenced to one year in prison. 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