Illegal constructions were allowed in Shikore/ the Prosecution sends 9 officials of the IMT and Cadastre to court

2024-06-30 10:42:00, Kronika CNA

Illegal constructions were allowed in Shikore/ the Prosecution sends 9 officials

Shkodra Prosecutor's Office, photo taken from Google

The Prosecutor's Office of Shkodra has closed the investigations and sent 9 officials of IMT and Cadastre to court for abuse of office, who are accused of allowing illegal constructions in Shiroka.

The employees of IMT Shkodër Municipality are accused of having allowed the illegal construction of a two-storey building in the area of ??Shiroka, Shkodër, by their actions and inactions in violation of the law, by not recording and reporting it to the prosecutor's office, even though it is proven that they had knowledge. While the employees of ASHK Shkodër are accused of enabling the legalization of several buildings built without permission in the same area, where due to the special status and protection, the legalization of informal buildings is prohibited by law.

More specifically, it turned out that the citizen AD, after finding the illegal construction of a two-story building in the area of ??Shiroka, Shkodër, which was being built by the citizen SK, on ??a plot of land claimed to be owned by the complainant's family, has reported to the prosecution the fact that the employees of the IMT Shkodër Municipality had not taken measures to prevent the construction even though they had been repeatedly notified by it.

From the investigations carried out within the framework of the criminal proceedings no. 1179/2021, it was found that the citizens EK and MH, inspectors at the IMT Shkodër Municipality, even though they had been notified of the illegal construction and were tasked with verifying the complainant's complaints, after they went to the field, they did not record this fact in a record of findings, reporting that no new construction was found, at a time when the investigation by the judicial police proved the construction of this new building . In fact, for the illegal construction of this building, its builder, a SK citizen, was sentenced by a final decision.

Meanwhile, after the investigation related to the legalization of the informal building built by the SK citizen, as well as after deepening the investigations for 9 other cases of legalization of informal buildings in the area of ??Shiroka, Shkodër, it was found that the procedure of their legalization is carried out in violation of the law, as the area where the relevant facilities are located is protected with a special status as a managed natural reserve, and as a result, their legalization has been prohibited. In connection with the illegal legalization of these informal facilities, the citizens AD, BL, EB, FT, I.SH., SS and BK, with the duties of specialists and responsible for the legalization sector at ASHK Shkoder, were taken as defendants at the time of completion of the respective procedures./ CNA