Svobodna Dnevnik

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El Correo Internacional

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Kyrzbekistan: Arberian Princess involved in controversial judiciary investigation
By: Milena Brovina
Published: 22 Vintyr, 1583


Princes Mimoza recently came back to Kyrzbekistan after a 15-year exile.

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The publication of fragments from the memories of Edi Murad, an Arberian politician who died last Quartyr, in an Arberian-language newspaper in Rhine, New Galasia, may have brought legal problems to Princess Mimoza, the elder and most direct member of the Arberian royal family.

Late Edi Murad, was a leading politician of the center-left Arberian Social Democratic Party, serving as Deputy Speaker of the Constituent Assembly between 1568 and 1569. He later left the Social Democratic Party founding his own political party, the Arberian Social Liberal Party, serving as leader from 1572 to 1576. Previously, he had fled to exile in 1575, establishing in Ceribia. The Arberian Social Liberal Party dissolved in 1579. He dedicated his last years of life to the cause of Arberian independence, writing books and articles, and meeting with foreign diplomats. He died in an hospital in Etora, Ceribia, on Quartyr 1583, after fighting a cancer for more than two years.

The fragments published by "Zënjerez", a small Arberian-language published by the Arberian community in Rhine, New Galasia, were only an advance of Murad's memories, to be published by relatives of the Arberian politician in early 1584. The fragments deal with many memories and description of Murad's life, including his childhood in Bashkimqytet, the start of this political career, his changing thoughts about monarchy and democracy, his experiences in the civil war and revolution, comments about Arberian culture and history, and his position on the issue of Arberian independence. While those articles had a rather limited impact even in the Arberian community abroad when they were published two months ago, the recently republishing in Kyrzbekistani media of a small fragment where Murad describes his visit to Hôinôm in 1574 as non-official envoy of the Arberian separatists, have caused an outrage in a few pro-government and anti-monarchist outlets.

In that fragment, Murad details how he met several Arberian monarchist officials exiled in the country, including Princess Mimoza, in other to bring closer the Arberian monarchist and republican forces, in the case of a successful independence of the two Arberian-majority states from the Democratic Republic of Kyrzbekistan, which would culminate in the so-called Kyrzbekistani constitutional crisis of 1574, when the Constitutional Court annulled the autonomy of the states of Kenlyukya and Kombash for 18 months and the Kyrzbekistani Armed Forces intervening against the authorities of those states, ending in the 1576 constitutional reform.

Federal prosecutor Zaydar Mynyerur, during a parliamentary hearing last week, confirmed that the Kyrzbekistani authorities have formally started an investigation in case that any person mentioned in Murad's memories, including Princess Mimoza, could be guilty of crimes against the Democratic Republic of Kyrzbekistan. The most likely charges -"conspiration against the constitutional order"- could involve a prison sentence from one to eight years (as Princess Mimoza was only officially granted Kyrzbekistan citizenship four months ago, the charges of high treason could not apply).

A spokesperson of the Mirditë family has declared that they are not concerned about such investigation, as the fragments published does not "amount credible breaking of the law", as the passages only mention the Arberian princess in an indirect and secondary way, and that the fact that federal prosecutor Mynyerur announced an investigation in "such pompous and demagogic terms should be already a scandal", he said. Some local Arberian-language media had alleged that the fragments republished in some Kyrzbekistani newspaper where "poorly translated", even in some cases distorting the original words published in the Galasian newspaper.

Princess Mimoza established back in Kyrzbekistan twelve months ago, buying and renting real state properties in the cities of Elenë and Lebrazhd. There were lately rumours that she could be considering starting a political career in the future -something which relatives of the Mirditë family have denied in recent months-, but it is unclear if such investigation could complicate Princess Mimoza's stay in the country.