The tragedy in Gërdec/ The testimony of the former General Secretary of the Ministry of Defense is revealed

2023-11-30 16:43:00, Aktualitet CNA

The tragedy in Gërdec/ The testimony of the former General Secretary of the

This Wednesday, different representatives appeared at the GJKKO to give their testimonies regarding the tragic event that happened in Gërdec.

The former general secretary of the Ministry of Defense said in his statement that the only thing he did was the implementation of his duties.

He told about the procedure he followed at that time.

"I followed the implementation of the tasks, I did not do any procedure for Gërdec, the dismantling company brought us the offer for the process, against the payment. The headquarters required licensing for this procedure, made a memo about it, then I held a meeting with the perethodology and procedures company, from the MoD and the headquarters. It was an informative, non-conclusive meeting, I was asked to address the military enterprises, in a short time the answer came, the working group was set up for the analysis of the situation, then the minister's order for the working group came out.

The relevant directorate told me that there was no legal basis and a VKM was required, Mejko brought a memo, where it was said that the ammunition of the 50s, which were not sold due to the old year of production, had to be dismantled. After the conclusion of the working group, the prices for the sale and dismantling began to be drawn up.

I have sent a letter to the relevant directorates for the offers of military enterprises, such as the foreign enterprise SAC. There were several incoming faxes in figures that I passed on to the relevant commissions," testified Ardian Mullai, the general secretary."

Prosecutor : Did he have a SAC license?

Witness: Licenses were presented, 4 as I recall. MEICO was the company that maintained contacts with the SAC company, including for licensing. The testimony was also discussed and given regarding the fact that it was Gërdeci who was chosen to dismantle the ammunition.

Witness: In the discussions with MEICO, it seems to me that there was a bilateral agreement with SAC, where, among other things, Gërdeci was defined as the location.

Did the department of Gërdec have a license?

Witness: Licensing practice does not depend on the secretary. In every practice that I have gone through in the past, it was not the responsibility of the secretary or the minister to determine whether the license of a department was appropriate or not. It was MEICO that defined it.

The albademil company, a branch of SAC, had the proper documentation or not?

The former general secretary of the Ministry of Defense: The agreement only mentioned SAC, Alba Demil was not mentioned, I have no idea, because Albademil did not appear in any document. No verification was done because it did not appear. I don't even know Mihal Delijorgji (head of the albademil company)."

Fatmir Mediu asked: Who determined the budget, the minister or the headquarters?

Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense: The Ministry of Defense had a distinctive feature from other ministries, whose budget was determined by the Council of Ministers. While in the Ministry of Defense, the budget was determined by the General Staff of the Armed Forces./ CNA