Haxhiu: The prosecutors have no reason to reject the Prime Minister's request for an interview in the office

The Special Prosecutors have no reason to refuse Prime Minister Albin Kurti to interview him in the Government, the Minister of Justice, Albulena Haxhiu, said on Monday. In a press conference, Haxhiu refused to reveal the identity of the senior government officials who previously gave evidence from their offices. He did not give details even when asked about the dates that the Government has proposed to the Special Prosecutor's Office

The Minister of Justice, Albulena Haxhiu, has refused to disclose the names of former senior government officials who, according to her, were interviewed by the Prosecutor's Office in their offices.

Haxhiu, who requested that this practice be implemented in the case of Prime Minister Albin Kurti, said that if the Special Prosecutor's Office wants his testimony, then the interview should be conducted by the Government.

"I consider that there is no reason for the prosecutors who are said to be interested in receiving Prime Minister Kurti's testimony about state reserves, there is no reason for them to refuse to respond to Prime Minister Kurti's request to interview him in the office as he has asked Prime Minister Kurti. This is not the first time this has happened, it has happened in the past, but we don't want to talk about it", said Haxhiu. 

According to her, such an action would not be unusual nor illegal.

Except for the former officials, Minister Haxhiu has refused to reveal the dates that the Government has proposed to the Special Prosecutor's Office for Kurti's interview.

"It does not suit the prosecution to provide information. When it doesn't suit them, they don't give information, even they know very well how they received them and how the prosecutors got out of the high-level offices. We have the information about these. We secured them from the Special Prosecutor's Office itself", she added.

Haxhiu considered the answers to the constant questions he was asked about this matter superfluous. 

In this way, the questions remain unanswered about Kurti's reasons for not appearing at the Special Prosecutor's Office, whose building is a few meters away from the Government's.

"I believe that everything else is too much, I spoke enough about this issue," she added.

Regarding the Government's request that the interview be conducted in its offices, no response was received from the Special Prosecutor's Office on Monday.

Last week, in an answer to TIME, the Government announced that Prime Minister Kurti has accepted the second invitation from the Prosecutor's Office for an interview. To the same, he has responded by proposing three suitable dates for him, two of which are this week.

The prosecution has not indicated for which case it has invited Kurti as a witness, but it has been reported that it is about state reserves.