Veliaj's procrastination scenarios/Defendant lawyer caught lying

2026-04-10 18:19:00, Aktualitet CNA

The arrested mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, with 13 charges and 5 serious criminal offenses, continues with his scenarios to drag out the judicial processes.

The next act is an appeal to the Constitutional Court against the decision to refer his case for trial.

Veliaj's defendant lawyer, Plarent Ndreca, in a statement published on the mayor's official website, says: "Mr. Veliaj and his defense have been denied real time to analyze a file with tens of thousands of pages, reducing the defense to a formality."

In fact, this is another lie fabricated by Erion Veliaj's defendant lawyer, Plarent Ndreca, as in reality, the investigative file documents have been made available to Veliaj and his defense for months.

And not just once. We recall here that just a few weeks ago, he was sent the printed files of the file at Durrës Prison, where he initially refused to receive them, threatened and insulted the officers who sent them to him, and then the next day he asked for them again and the files were made available to him.

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What is happening is very clear. Veliaj continues his attempts to drag out the judicial processes with scenarios and machinations.

He continues to postpone court hearings because he is afraid to face the facts and evidence against him; he is a coward who will not be tried because he does not have the courage to face justice.

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July 23, 15:09

Veliaj continues to use his machinery to attack the prosecutors and judges who are dealing with his case.

We have seen the campaign of attacks he has waged since the moment of his arrest against justice, against prosecutors and judges. An attack that continues to be directed from the dungeon of Durres prison.

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Now his next move to drag out the processes is to take to the Constitutional Court the court's decision to put his file, filed by SPAK, to trial, which includes 13 charges for 5 serious criminal offenses, abuse of office, corruption, laundering the proceeds of a criminal offense, concealing property, and bringing prohibited items into the cell./ CNA