The Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office has started criminal proceedings against the mayor of Kuk\u00ebs Municipality, Safet Gjici, after a video recording emerged in social media, depicting Gjici during intimate moments with a girl in his municipal office.<\/p>\n
Gjici offered his resignation after the video scandal broke out, calling it a \u201ctrap prepared in details by his political opponents\u201d.<\/p>\n
He admitted to having an intimate relation with the girl depicted alongside him in the two-minute-long video that rapidly spread throughout social media, emphasizing that the act is unjustifiable, hence offering his resignation.<\/p>\n
SAFET GJICI\u2019S FULL REACTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n I deeply apologize to everyone who has seen that disgraceful video material today. After a challenging campaign and confrontation with my opponents, in which I emerged as the winner, unfortunately, I fell into a trap carefully set up by the same individuals I faced in the elections. What they couldn\u2019t do with the votes of the people of Kuk\u00ebs, they managed to do it through a vile method.<\/em><\/p>\n I am profoundly saddened by the incident, and I am fully aware that in this situation, no explanation holds any value. For some time now, I have had an intimate relationship with the girl in question, but certainly, I have no justification for what has happened, regardless of falling into a trap.<\/em><\/p>\n I can no longer be the person working in that state office, as I have betrayed the trust of the thousands of people who believed in me and worked with me to make Kuk\u00ebs a better city.<\/em><\/p>\n Apologies to everyone, and gratitude to all those who believed in me and supported me. It was the honor of my life, tarnished by an unforgivable mistake, and today I feel the obligation to resign! May God bless you all!<\/em><\/p>\n The Government of Albania decided on Gjici\u2019s discharge from office, with the Minister of Economy confirming the news.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Council of Ministers decided to immediately discharge the mayor of the Municipality of Kuk\u00ebs,\u201d said Minister Delina Ibrahimaj after a meeting of the Government this Friday had concluded.<\/p>\n Safet Gjici was reconfirmed mayor of Kuk\u00ebs after the May 14th<\/sup> local elections in Albania.<\/p>\n Running under the Socialist Party banner, Gjici managed to gather 49.7% of the vote in the local election, whereas his opponents, namely Admir Sinamati from the \u201cTogether We Win\u201d coalition got 40.98% and Abedin Oru\u00e7i from the Party for Europeanization and Integration of Albania got 9.31% of the vote.<\/p>\n Safet Gjici was the SP candidate in the municipality of Kamza in the 2015 local elections, losing those elections to the Democratic Party candidate, Xhelal Mziu.<\/p>\n Gjici was subsequently elected in the 2019 mayoral election of Kuk\u00ebs and won.<\/p>\n Aside from being involved in politics, Gjici is also a businessman and president of the Albanian Superliga football club FK Kuk\u00ebsi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office has started criminal proceedings against the mayor of Kuk\u00ebs Municipality, Safet Gjici, after a video recording emerged in social media, depicting Gjici during intimate moments with a girl in his municipal office. Gjici offered his resignation after the video scandal broke out, calling it a \u201ctrap prepared in details by his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[2885,150,243,151,1479,1529,2883,2884],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n