{"id":56340,"date":"2023-06-26T14:43:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T12:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=56340"},"modified":"2023-06-26T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T12:49:03","slug":"safet-gjici-to-remain-in-prison-house-arrest-for-woman-appearing-in-erotic-video-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/safet-gjici-to-remain-in-prison-house-arrest-for-woman-appearing-in-erotic-video-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Safet Gjici to remain in prison, house arrest for woman appearing in erotic video scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Safet Gjici, former mayor of Kuk\u00ebs will await final ruling against him in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office decided so following Gjici\u2019s arrest last Saturday by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation, on charges of passive corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the woman who appears in an erotic video scandal together with Gjici will await final ruling against her on house arrest.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to media after the ruling, her lawyer stated that her client should not have been put under any security measures, given that she is in charge of a minor child and a sick mother at home.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, identified as Alma Ka\u00e7i has reportedly told prosecutors she had willingly performed sexual acts on Gjici, emphasizing that she thought \u201cGjici had started taking a liking towards her\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In his resignation announcement, Gjici mentioned that he and Ka\u00e7i had been \u201cin an intimate relationship for some time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ka\u00e7i\u2019s testimony, she and Gjici had begun talking about her project of the castration of dogs, after the sexual act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"XhbQuGuAfL4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Me fytyr\u00ebn t\u00eb mbuluar, mb\u00ebrrin n\u00eb GJKKO gruaja e videos seksuale n\u00eb zyr\u00ebn e Gjicit\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XhbQuGuAfL4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Safet Gjici was arrested on Saturday by the police while he was in a local establishment near his house, with the Court against Crime and Organized Corruption ordering his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Also last week, the National Bureau of Investigation seized the security camera server in the Kuk\u00ebs Municipality, as part of the investigations launched against the former mayor.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office had initiated criminal proceedings against the mayor of Kuk\u00ebs Municipality, Safet Gjici, after a video recording emerged in social media on June 16, depicting Gjici during intimate moments with a woman in his municipal office.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, later identified as Alma Ka\u00e7i was placed under arrest for active corruption, citing Article 245 of the Albanian Penal Code, as Gjici promised her a tender for the castration of dogs in the municipality he ran, in exchange for sexual favors.<\/p>\n<p>Gjici offered his resignation after the video scandal broke out, calling it a \u201ctrap prepared in details by his political opponents\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>On that same day, the Government of Albania went ahead and decided on Gjici\u2019s discharge from office, with the Minister of Economy confirming the news.<\/p>\n<p>Safet Gjici was reaffirmed mayor of Kuk\u00ebs after the May 14<sup>th<\/sup> local elections in Albania.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Gjici was subsequently elected in the 2019 mayoral election of Kuk\u00ebs and won.<\/p>\n<p>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":"<p>Safet Gjici, former mayor of Kuk\u00ebs will await final ruling against him in prison. 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