The entrepreneur Leonard Gjini, who was authorized to carry out the construction of the silo owned by the deputy of the SP, Bujar Çela, where two people lost their lives, has been arrested by the police.
The 32-year-old is accused of having allowed the works to be carried out, without respecting the relevant regulations of technical insurance, of the technical discipline of protection at work and did not take measures for implementation, bringing serious consequences.
But what has the entrepreneur witnessed after the explosion that took the lives of father and son?
Leonard Gjini stated that he had not sent any employee to MP Çela’s warehouse and that he had no idea what works were being carried out.
The entrepreneur stated that he had no connection with the employees who were there and was waiting for the moment when the facility was ready for the start of the works.
He testified that he signed the contract with the socialist deputy, who was also injured by the explosion, on November 27 and it was confirmed for the start of the works on February 10.
“The citizen Leonard Gjini was asked, he explains that he has a business activity of construction and implementation of projects with concrete and iron construction on 27.11.2023 he concluded a business contract with the citizen Bujar Cela construction warehouse which was equipped with construction permit No. 200 dt 19.09. 2023 The object had a value of 17963280 lek, which on 10.02.2024 was confirmed for the start of the works. He clarifies that the event that happened there has nothing to do with the employees and he has no idea what works were being carried out in the facility in question, he has not sent any employees or made any subcontracts to carry out work in this facility.
After the issuance of the permit for the start of the works, he waited for the moment when the release of the object would be ready for the start of the works”, it is stated in the file of the Prosecutor’s Office.
