{"id":19781,"date":"2021-09-08T11:51:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T09:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=19781"},"modified":"2021-09-08T13:03:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T11:03:36","slug":"spak-presses-to-reopen-trial-against-former-defense-minister-mediu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/spak-presses-to-reopen-trial-against-former-defense-minister-mediu\/","title":{"rendered":"SPAK presses on reopening former minister&#8217;s trial on Gerdec explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPAK wants to resume the trial against former defense minister Fatmir Mediu and his alleged involvement in the Gerdec explosion that left 26 people dead.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Prosecution revoked a 2009 ruling to drop the case against Mediu since he had diplomatic immunity at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Appellate Court will review SPAK\u2019s request on September 17.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on, the Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime quashed SPAK\u2019s retrial request, arguing that no new evidence had been presented and that the prosecution had sufficient time to investigate the case since immunity for lawmakers was lifted in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>SPAK has called for a reinvestigation on Fatmir Mediu, accusing the former official as one of the key people involved the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal feud background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on, as the case reopened, the High Court announced that it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/01\/supreme-court-declares-incompetence-and-returns-former-defence-minister-fatmir-medius-case-to-gjkko\/\">didn\u2019t have the authority<\/a>\u00a0to deal with the suit and shifted competencies to the Special Court against Corruption and Organized Crime.<\/p>\n<p>The shift came shortly after the Special Prosecution called on the High Court to reopen the case against the former defense minister.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Mediu was acquitted as he was an MP and was shielded by parliamentary immunity.<\/p>\n<p>The powerful blast, just 11 kilometers northwest of the capital, claimed the lives of 26 workers, who were mainly locals and hence lacked the knowledge to handle the complex process of dismantling obsolete ammunition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/09\/former-minister-mediu-to-appear-in-court-on-july-27-over-gerdec-explosion\/\">Former minister Mediu to appear in court on July 27 over Gerdec explosion<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/08\/02\/spak-appeals-courts-decision-rejecting-new-probe-against-former-minister\/\">SPAK appeals court\u2019s decision rejecting new probe against former minister<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/27\/special-court-to-hear-out-case-against-former-defense-minister-over-gerdec-explosion\/\">Special Court turns down probe request on former defense minister<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPAK wants to resume the trial against former defense minister Fatmir Mediu and his alleged involvement in the Gerdec explosion that left 26 people dead. The Special Prosecution revoked a 2009 ruling to drop the case against Mediu since he had diplomatic immunity at the time. The Special Appellate Court will review SPAK\u2019s request on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":19782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SPAK presses on reopening former minister&#039;s trial on Gerdec explosion - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/spak-presses-to-reopen-trial-against-former-defense-minister-mediu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SPAK presses on reopening former minister&#039;s trial on Gerdec explosion - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SPAK wants to resume the trial against former defense minister Fatmir Mediu and his alleged involvement in the Gerdec explosion that left 26 people dead. 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