How did PLAN II fail? Erion Veliaj hoped to be included in the list of candidates for MP, but was "cut off" by Ulsi Manja

2025-07-22 18:31:00, Aktualitet CNA

How did PLAN II fail? Erion Veliaj hoped to be included in the list of

One of Erion Veliaj's plans seems to have been to be included in the list of candidates for MP on May 11. The idea of obtaining immunity in this way seems not to have worked, while the plan is also recorded in the SPAK file and is related to the conversations he had on the phone of one of the guards.

One of the pieces of evidence presented by the Special Prosecution Office for the additional charge against Erion Veliaj for bringing illegal items into prison while he was in custody is the conversation he had in March on the phone of one of the guards.

This is about the communication of March 13 when he was being moved in the police van towards the Court of Appeal.

After discovering this situation, SPAK received the testimonies of the employees, where plans to escape from the cell through immunity were also discovered.

"Ora News" has obtained documents documenting the conversations that Veliaj had with his brother Arbri and his wife Ajola.

Among the conversations, there is also talk of a "Plan B", where the goal was to be included in the list of candidates for MP, but which did not materialize after the May 11 process.

During the testimony, the guard also mentioned the proposal made in the van to remove a new name from the race and included it in the competition, since if elected as a deputy, he would receive protection and as a result would have to leave the cell.

"They sacrificed one of the students for MP, as if they were sick or not feeling well due to their health condition, and to introduce Erion as a candidate for MP, so that he could escape prison," says part of the testimony.

According to the prison guard's statements, Veliaj has mentioned several other mayors such as: Tërmet Peçi, or one with the surname Malaj, who are becoming MPs to escape SPAK.

But in the May 11 elections, he was not included in the list of candidates for Tirana, and his later efforts in the Supreme Court were defeated, leaving him in prison.

Likewise, Erioni, during a conversation with his wife or brother, said that Ulsi was brought out by that MP from Paskuqan or Lapraka, but he did not know that he sided with SPAK, Erioni told him that he knew Ulsi and that he had a friend./oranews