Criminal amnesty/ Bardhi: Innovations of the amendment proposed by the DP parliamentary group

In his speech at the Gazment Assembly, Bardhi stated that the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party presented four amendments. He also analyzed this year’s innovations, which according to him are related to; “all protesters are pardoned, secondly no member of organized crime benefits from the amnesty and also the third innovation; no subject convicted […]

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