PD: Strip Rakipi of His Parliamentary Immunity

In a press statement the Democratic Party has asked the Prosecutor-General and the Speaker of Parliament to strip PDIU deputy Aqif Rakipi after he run over 54-year-old Sait Sorra on Saturday and fled the scene of the accident.

Art. 273 of the Criminal Code, which also holds for the friends of Edi Rama, states that Aqif Rakipi holds responsibility for leaving the scene of the accident, a responsibility that in itself is punished with 1 year imprisonment. […]

The Democratic Party asks the Prosector-General and the Speaker of Parliament to urgently start the procedures to strip deputy Rakipi of his immunity, and a full and uninfluenced investigation of the event, such that there will be justice for the victim.

Meanwhile, the Prosecutor-General announced that Rakipi is being investigated for violation traffic regulations and leaving the scene of the accident.