{"id":33674,"date":"2022-03-29T21:09:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33674"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:37:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:37:11","slug":"alqi-bllako-quits-over-spak-arrest-warrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/alqi-bllako-quits-over-spak-arrest-warrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Alqi Bllako quits after  SPAK arrest warrant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alqi Bllako announced on Tuesday evening that he will renounce his post as a member of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after the Special Anti-Corruption Structure released an arrest warrant against the Socialist Party\u2019s MP in connection to the Fier waste incinerator affair.<\/p>\n<p>In a message <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alqibllako\/posts\/384854170309984\">shared on his Facebook page<\/a><\/strong>, Bllako expressed his disbelief in SPAK\u2019s request but added that he is determined to confront justice without being shielded by the privileges bestowed on members of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have decided to submit to the Speaker of the Assembly on Wednesday my mandate as a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania, and confront the indictment without any privileges\u201d, he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/today\/2022\/03\/29\/dp-knew-about-the-incinerator-affair-and-stayed-silent-claims-fevziu\/\">DP knew about the incinerator affair and stayed silent, claims Fevziu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/29\/no-obstructions-in-arrest-of-alqi-bllako-says-taulant-balla\/\">No obstructions in arrest of Alqi Bllako, says Taulant Balla<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/29\/lefter-koka-accused-of-corruption-in-fier-incinerator-affair\/\">Lefter Koka accused of \u20ac1.2 million bribe in Fier incinerator affair<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alqi Bllako announced on Tuesday evening that he will renounce his post as a member of parliament. The move comes after the Special Anti-Corruption Structure released an arrest warrant against the Socialist Party\u2019s MP in connection to the Fier waste incinerator affair. In a message shared on his Facebook page, Bllako expressed his disbelief in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[1044,1035,497,1053,150,151,362],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alqi Bllako quits after SPAK arrest warrant - 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\/alqi-bllako-quits-over-spak-arrest-warrant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alqi Bllako quits after SPAK arrest warrant - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alqi Bllako announced on Tuesday evening that he will renounce his post as a member of parliament. 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