Veliaj starts to "cry" in the hearing

2026-04-03 14:30:00, Aktualitet CNA

Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj, present at today's session at the Administrative Court, continued to "cry" again during the session.

The media reports that Veliaj has said that he is not in the hearing for mercy or for his family drama. But the truth is that Erion Veliaj has no drama, he is a defendant on 13 charges:

1. “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, committed in collaboration, in relation to the irregular benefit received by “A... K...” sh.pk, provided for by Article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code;
2. “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, committed in collaboration, in relation to the irregular benefit received by “F...” sh.pk, provided for by Article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code;
3. “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, committed in collaboration, in relation to the irregular benefit received by “P...” sh.pk, provided for by Article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code;

4. “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, committed in collaboration, in relation to the irregular benefit received by “G...” sh.pk, provided for by article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code;
5. “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, committed in collaboration, in relation to the irregular benefit received by “K...” sh.pk, provided for by article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code;
6. “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, committed in collaboration, in relation to the irregular benefit received by “E...” NGO, provided for by article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code;
7. “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, committed in collaboration, in relation to the irregular benefit received from “M...” NGO, provided for by article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code;
8. “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, committed in collaboration, in relation to the irregular benefit received from “B...” NGO, provided for by article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code;

9. “Passive corruption of high-ranking state officials or local elected officials”, committed in collaboration, in relation to the irregular benefit received from the “Frobolous” NGO, provided for by article 260 and 25 of the Criminal Code;
10. “Laundering the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity”, committed in collaboration more than once, provided for by article 287/2 of the Criminal Code;
11. “Introducing or keeping prohibited items in the institution for the execution of prison sentences”, more than once, provided for by article 324/a/2 of the Criminal Code;
12. “Refusal to declare, failure to declare, concealment or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected persons and public servants or of any other person who has a legal obligation to declare”, provided for by article 257/a/2 of the Criminal Code;
13. “Abuse of office”, provided for by Article 248 of the Criminal Code.

Even in his statements, Veliaj claims that he has no one to report because Nesti Angoni does not exist. The truth is that the facts and criminal acts of Erion Veliaj were discovered from the phone of Adela Kondakçi, who was being investigated for the Jorgo Goro case.

" I'm not here for mercy. I'm not here for my family's drama. I'm here to show what this caused the Municipality of Tirana. Nesti Angoni doesn't exist, I don't know who to report ," the media reported Velaij as saying at the hearing.

With Nesti Angoni's lawsuit, the "Veliaj" case was dead. Mayor Erion Veliaj was caught wiretapping the phone of Adela Kondakçi, his wife's economist.

During the investigation into Jorgo Goro, the phone of citizen Adela Kondakçiu was taken. By handing over her phone to the courts, communications were revealed. The communications resulted in data on the couple Ajola Xoxa and Erion Veliaj. So, during the investigation into Goro, the phone of his financier Adela Kondakçiu was taken, who is the former financier of Ajola Xoxa, the wife of the arrested mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, and data on the activities of the Veliaj-Xoxa couple were discovered.

Who put Erion Veliaj in prison?
February 4, 16:02

So, this is the beginning of the investigations against Erion Veliaj and Ajola Xoxa, these are the data that were found on the phone of former financier Adela Kondakçiu, who has become a fugitive from justice.

It is not Nesti Angoni as Erion Veliaj claims, nor attorney Ols Dado, but the beginning is an investigation that has led to another investigation. This is the truth. There is neither drama nor Nesti Angoni. There are facts and evidence./CNA