One person has been arrested, while another has been declared wanted, after being accused by SPAK of promising money to get votes for Tom Doshi's Social Democratic Party, in the Kukës Region.
"From the data provided, it results that a group of people, through active actions, have promised and offered monetary sums to several citizens in the Kukës District, asking them to vote for a certain political entity, participating in the elections of May 11, 2025.
On 10.05.2025, at 22:00, during an operation by SPAK and the Local Police Directorate of Kukes, it was possible to arrest citizen KP in flagrante delicto. The following monetary amounts were seized from this citizen as material evidence: 205,500 new lek and 525 euros, a mobile phone (Iphone) and a vehicle (Mercedes Benz). Citizen GP, acting headman of the village of Lusen, Kukes, has been declared wanted and efforts are being made to capture him, "said the SPAK announcement.
According to SPAK, the investigations have shown that citizens GP and KP were involved in active actions, promising and offering monetary sums to citizens voting in the Ujmisht administrative unit, in the villages of Lusen, Matranxhë, Bushtricë of the Kukës district, to vote in favor of the political entity, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), a participant in the 2025 Assembly elections, committing elements of the criminal offense "Active corruption in elections", in collaboration, provided for by articles 328 and 25 of the Criminal Code.
The Special Prosecution Office is continuing investigations to identify and hold criminally liable the persons who received the monetary sums in exchange for their votes for the political entity.
The Special Prosecution Office thanks the Kukes Local Police Directorate for its cooperation in conducting investigations related to this criminal proceeding. (A2 Televizion)
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