{"id":31919,"date":"2022-02-21T14:23:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31919"},"modified":"2022-02-21T15:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:04:25","slug":"tabaku-threatens-to-sue-sako-after-allegedly-refusing-to-testify-on-incinerators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tabaku-threatens-to-sue-sako-after-allegedly-refusing-to-testify-on-incinerators\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabaku threatens to sue Sako for allegedly refusing to testify on incinerators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions rose during Monday\u2019s session of the Inquiry Commission on the incinerators affair as Durres acting mayor took the witness stand.<\/p>\n<p>Sako dodged several questions and left the meeting after staying a couple of minutes on the phone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31930\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-21-at-14.40.49-696x464-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-21-at-14.40.49-696x464-1.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-21-at-14.40.49-696x464-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-21-at-14.40.49-696x464-1-150x100.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The head of the commission Jorida Tabaku said that the refusal to testify is a criminal offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will sue Emiriana Sako as she refused to testify,\u201d said Tabaku.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat MP Belind Kellici said that \u2018it is the first time that a witness called to summon leaves the commission after being ordered over the phone\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Kellici accused Sako of according \u20ac200,000 to Klodian Zoto and raised claims on whether the acting mayor of Durres had actually met before with 3 people wanted by authorities over the incinerator affair.<\/p>\n<p>The acting mayor of Durres, Emiriana Sako was set to testify at the Inquiry Commission on the incinerator affair.<\/p>\n<p>While giving her testimony, the head of the commission Jorida Tabaku noted that evidence indicates that from 2018, former mayor Vangjush Dako, and the interim mayor, did everything to deposit the city\u2019s waste at the Tirana incinerator.<\/p>\n<p>Sako said that the waste was sent to Tirana, as Durres is a touristic city, adding that she is proud of that decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I am proud for that decision, of taking the waste to Tirana, as Durres is a touristic city\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/21\/spak-vows-to-administer-all-evidence-and-leads-in-connection-to-incinerator-affair\/\">SPAK vows to consider all \u2018evidence and leads\u2019 in connection to incinerator affair<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions rose during Monday\u2019s session of the Inquiry Commission on the incinerators affair as Durres acting mayor took the witness stand. 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