{"id":27341,"date":"2021-12-14T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=27341"},"modified":"2021-12-14T15:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T14:00:15","slug":"basha-on-former-ministers-arrest-our-accusations-proved-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/basha-on-former-ministers-arrest-our-accusations-proved-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Basha on former minister&#8217;s arrest: Our charges proved right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of the Democratic Party Lulzim Basha reacted to the arrest of former environment minister Lefter Koka by saying that DP\u2019s accusations \u201cwere proved right\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arrest of the minister from Rama\u2019s cabinet proves that our accuses were right, what we had been denouncing was completely grounded. Having said that, no one believes that he is the big fish\u201d, said Basha.<\/p>\n<p>Although referring to his arrest as \u201ca victory\u201d, Basha said that there are others who should be put in front of justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who are really behind this \u20ac400 million affair are Edi Rama, Damian Gjiknuri, Erion Veliaj, Arben Ahmetaj, Klodian M\u00ebrtiri, and many more As long as this action is incomplete, there will be no justice for this terrible affair that has made Albanians poorer\u201d, he said, adding that this is \u201csimply the beginning of a process\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former environment minister Lefter Koka was arrested on Tuesday in Durres after an arrest warrant was issued from SPAK. He is accused of abuse of office, money laundering, and corruption during his time in office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/14\/ex-environment-minister-lefter-koka-arrested-following-spak-order\/\">Ex-environment minister Lefter Koka arrested following SPAK order<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of the Democratic Party Lulzim Basha reacted to the arrest of former environment minister Lefter Koka by saying that DP\u2019s accusations \u201cwere proved right\u201d. \u201cThe arrest of the minister from Rama\u2019s cabinet proves that our accuses were right, what we had been denouncing was completely grounded. Having said that, no one believes that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27345,"comment_status":"open","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>Basha on former minister&#039;s arrest: Our charges proved right - 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\/basha-on-former-ministers-arrest-our-accusations-proved-right\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Basha on former minister&#039;s arrest: Our charges proved right - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The leader of the Democratic Party Lulzim Basha reacted to the arrest of former environment minister Lefter Koka by saying that DP\u2019s accusations \u201cwere proved right\u201d. \u201cThe arrest of the minister from Rama\u2019s cabinet proves that our accuses were right, what we had been denouncing was completely grounded. 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