“I want to thank you for your support during all these months, I am overcome by emotion, I am happy, we will talk about the rest in Athens. Thank you for everything”, Beleri said in a statement to the Greek media after exiting the prison premises.
Beleri will travel from Athens to Strasbourg together with other MEPs where they will take the oath on July 16.

The General Directorate of Prisons has approved a 5-day leave for him, meanwhile at 16:00 on July 20, Beleri will be back to serve the remainder of his sentence in Albania.

“Following the request of the convict Dhionisis (Alfred) Beleri for leave in order to attend the proceedings in the European Parliament from July 15-19, 2024 in Strasbourg, based on the law “On the rights and treatment of convicts and detainees”, the Directorate of Fier prison facility, with the consent of the General Directorate of Prisons, after completing and verifying the documentation according to the law and by-laws in force, has granted leave to the prisoner Dhionisis (Alfred) Beleri from 15.07.2024- 20.07.2024″ , sources from General Penitentiary Directorate say.
After the leave, same sources say, the convict Alfres Beleri will return to Fier prison facility to continue serving his sentence of two years for electoral fraud according to the final decision of anti-corruption court.
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