Former Veliaj director requests dismissal documentation

2025-09-29 11:14:00, Aktualitet CNA

Erion Veliaj's former legal director, Alban Dokushi, whom Prime Minister Edi Rama "kicked" out of the Tirana Municipality along with Sara Goxhaj in March 2025, has requested from the Municipal Council to make available the full administrative practice for the dismissal procedure of the former mayor arrested for 13 charges and 5 serious criminal offenses.

"In my capacity as the legal representative of Mr. Erion Veliaj, relying on Article 23 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania and the aforementioned legal basis, I request the Tirana Municipal Council to make available to me the complete administrative practice initiated for the dismissal procedure of the Mayor, Mr. Erion Veliaj, including, but not limited to:

1. The act(s) of the initiative submitted for dismissal, the legal argument and any other documentation supporting this request;

2. Minutes and materials of the Legal Affairs and Social Justice Committee

3. Minutes and materials of the meetings where the issue was discussed

4. Any explanatory report or other document that has become part of this procedure

5. The decision and its accompanying report, together with the confirmation of the Prefect of the Tirana District.

This request is made in order to guarantee the right to legal protection and respect for transparent procedures, given that Mr. Veliaj is a party directly affected by this process.

"In light of the above, we request that the requested documentation be made available to us as soon as possible. Attached, the general power of attorney and the attorney's card," the request states.

Consequently, from this request of the former director of Veliaj, Alban Dokushi, a simple question arises: In whose position did Alban Dokushi make this request?

What is officially known and public is that Veliaj's lawyers are Ermir Beta and Artur Selmani, and as the law stipulates, there must be two.

Veliaj can keep the two representatives he has, or he can hire two foreign lawyers from countries within the EU, but in the end there must be two, as stipulated in Article 48, Chapter V, for the defendant's defense counsel. The law is clear, only lawyers from EU countries are allowed, and not from the US or Great Britain.

Former Veliaj director requests dismissal documentation

Secondly, what right does Alban Dokushi, the former director of Veliaj, have to request documents when it is not known whether he has a license or not?

Under what pretext is Alban Dokushi requesting these documents?

Alban Dokushi is just one of Veliaj's former directors, one of his loyal people, who after Veliaj's maneuvers with Sara Goxhaj "flew" out of the Tirana Municipality along with Veliaj's "charge".

Alban Dokushi has no right to request documentation of Veliaj's dismissal, as Veliaj's official lawyers are two, Ermir Beta and Artur Selmani./ CNA