{"id":26707,"date":"2021-12-06T14:36:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T13:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=26707"},"modified":"2021-12-06T14:39:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T13:39:02","slug":"basha-seeks-prison-time-for-lawmakers-elected-with-help-from-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/basha-seeks-prison-time-for-lawmakers-elected-with-help-from-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Basha seeks prison time for lawmakers elected with help from criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party has proposed harshening punishments for electoral offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Its leader, Lulzim Basha, announced on social media that the Democrats will propose to the Assembly to amend the Criminal Code so that politicians elected through votes cast by criminals can be sentenced to 22 years in prison and banned from holding public posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever accepts to receive votes in exchange of money or other favors from organized crime cells, be that directly or through mediators, should be sentenced to 15 years in prison [\u2026] If a politician is involved in this sort of schemes, and is then consequently elected, he should be sentenced to 22 years in prison and permanently banned from holding public posts\u201d, wrote Basha on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Basha\u2019s proposal comes at a time when Democrats have also been pushing on vetting politicians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/16\/criminals-sitting-in-the-assembly-basha-reiterates-appeal-to-vet-politicians\/\">\u201cCriminals sitting in this Assembly\u201d, Basha reiterates appeal to vet politicians<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/30\/german-ambassador-zingraf-meets-basha-talk-dps-future-and-internal-institutions\/\">German Ambassador Zingraf meets Basha, talk \u201cDP\u2019s future and internal institutions\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Party has proposed harshening punishments for electoral offenses. 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