Dardan Molliqaj released from detention

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Gazeta Express

03/02/2022 20:47

The chairman of the Socialist Democratic Party (PSD), Dardan Molliqaj, has been released from detention. He was arrested on Tuesday evening shortly before his expected appearance on the Pressing show on T7.

He was wanted by the police on suspicion of assaulting a police officer on 29 January during a protest to the electricity price increase. The extra-parliamentary opposition party PSD and Molliqaj had complained that the arrest was politically motivated and that Molliqaj was not shown an arrest warrant. Adem Megjuani, PSD activist, was also arrested a day before Molliqaj on the same charges. Both were detained for 48 hours.

Molliqaj’s arrest provoked reactions. The LDK leader Lumir Abdixhiku said that the Kurti government was using its power for political revenge. /GazetaExpress/