Veliaj's lawyers delay the trial

2025-07-28 22:11:00, Aktualitet CNA

Veliaj's lawyers have requested an extension of the deadline for familiarization with the contents of the acts and evidence until September 24.

SPAK has closed the investigations into Veliaj, officially indicted him, and submitted to the court the file containing 500 pages of charges, accompanied by a very voluminous supporting documentation of 60,000 pages.

SPAK closes investigation into Veliaj/ Submits 500 pages of indictment, 60 thousand pages of documents and evidence
July 23, 15:09

The law provides for a 10-day deadline for lawyers to make their requests. Now, it is the lawyers themselves who have requested an extension of the deadline until September 24th.

Veliaj's trial, in the hands of lawyers
July 25, 12:24

We recall that on the day the news was published in the media that SPAK had officially indicted Veliaj for 4 serious criminal offenses and had closed the investigation against him, the government media reported that the investigation deadline had been extended by two months. While there was no extension of the investigation deadline by SPAK .

SPAK did not postpone the investigations/ Veliaj's media deceived
July 23, 14:39

Apparently, the request was from the lawyers, but then the information leaked from Veliaj's lawyers themselves and today we are learning about the fact that the deadline for reviewing the requests has been requested to be extended until September 24 , since, as they claim, the file is voluminous.

" This makes it practically impossible to prepare an effective and equal defense (the prosecution had 2 years at its disposal), as guaranteed by Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which requires that defendants have sufficient time and opportunity to defend themselves. This disproportion between the procedural deadline and the volume of materials is a fundamental violation of the right to effective defense and due process, which invalidates the entire procedural guarantee that the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Convention aim to protect. This type of "documentary flood" is a form of structural abuse of the right to defense, which the European Court of Human Rights has considered unacceptable in several decisions, when the volume of materials renders the procedural guarantees that appear to be formally respected invalid in practice ," the lawyers' request states./ CNA