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The “Veliaj” case and the “Balluku” case, as practices of SPAK and manipulation of public opinion

2026-03-10 13:18:00, Editorial CNA

The “Veliaj” case and the “Balluku” case, as practices

There are two major events in the public debate recently: first, the "Balluku" case, SPAK's request for its suspension, then a decision by the Constitutional Court without a ruling, and finally the Parliament, which clearly seems not to vote on lifting Ms. Balluku's immunity, announced yesterday with the decision of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group, which was followed by a speech lasting about two hours by Prime Minister Edi Rama.

The second event is Erion Veliaj, his arrest and the numerous movements recently made to demand that he be free and that the laws, the Penal Codes, should be changed for Veliaj.

Recently, movements have also begun in the Supreme Court by Sokol Sadushi with the request of the Prime Minister that senior officials should not be arrested even when they commit corruption or serious criminal offenses.

But how does the “Balluku” case differ from the “Veliaj” case?

First, Ms. Balluku is not arrested because Parliament does not lift her immunity. She has immunity, she has another status and she enjoys it because of the duty and position she holds.

In the "Veliaj" case, the mayor does not have this type of immunity.

If Edi Rama and his followers want, they can change the Constitution and the laws of the country so that mayors have immunity. Who will lift their immunity, then let them decide by law.

But, what all Albanians saw is that for several other mayors, in Lushnja, in Fushë-Krujë, in Bulqizë, this stance was not taken by the SP regarding their arrests for much smaller things than what Erion Veliaj is accused of.

Erion Veliaj is becoming famous.

The cases are completely different, they are not related to each other. To be completely clear and to shut up a lynchpin, deceptive and disgusting propaganda, sponsored by Veliaj and the people around him, the mayor of Tirana was not arrested without facts and evidence, but after being arrested and made aware of the facts and evidence, he began to destroy them and intimidate witnesses. This has led prosecutors to request a more severe security measure.

They could also request suspension from duty as requested in the "Balluku" case. But they were not faced with the fact that he had committed a couple of minor violations, but we were faced with the fact that he had committed 9 serious cases of corruption. We were faced with the fact that Erion Veliaj had abused his position in office and was then accused of other serious criminal offenses and in the process when the prosecution was taking evidence, not because of Nesti Angoni's complaint, but because of the facts and evidence that came out of Adela Kondakçiu's cell phone or the acceptance of facts and evidence by witnesses during the investigative process, Erion Veliaj began to destroy the evidence, to interfere in the process.

Prosecutors provided all of this and then requested his arrest. Now there is talk that the cases are similar because SPAK is conducting a witch hunt.

In fact, the cases are completely different, the charges are completely different. The ones Ms. Balluku has are much lighter than the ones Erion Veliaj risks.

If we do the math by adding up the sentences, Erion Veliaj does not risk 35 years as they multiplied 7x5=35 to Mrs. Balluku, because if you add them all together, he could be sentenced to up to 70 years in prison because there are at least 9 corruption charges, not to mention laundering the proceeds of crime, bringing prohibited items into the cell, or abuse of office. If you add them up as arithmetic, he could be sentenced to 1 century in prison according to the law.

These are completely different cases that are unrelated to each other in terms of the manner of investigation, the manner in which charges were filed, or the way in which the facts and evidence were collected.

In the case of Erion Veliaj, we have other facts related to wiretapping, writings, attacks, public accusations, to intimidate, threaten and publicly deceive prosecutors.

To this day, Erion Veliaj has not released any evidence for prosecutor Ols Dado, who, according to him and his people, requested a building permit for an addition, but this was rejected by the mayor. They have not published it for more than a year.

He went all the way to the US and lied, saying that Ols Dado was an activist of Sali Berisha, of the DP, while on the other hand, there have been no attacks by Ms. Balluku or her staff against prosecutor Dritan Prençi or SPAK, or the judges who handled the case.

It is enough to look at the media of the Renaissance government to see who the judges in the "Balluku" case are, why aren't they attacked?

Because she and her lawyers have decided not to behave like Erion Veliaj, who just needs to search the internet and find out who the preliminary judges, the judges of the case are, the justice structures, the prosecutors are attacked, accused, and this only happens in the "Veliaj" case.

Nor in the case of other state officials, including ministers, prosecutors or judges, do we have such attacks and facts as emerged in the wiretaps of Erion Veliaj.

Erion Veliaj is presumed innocent until the court issues a ruling on his charges.

But after a year, Erion Veliaj is facing justice, after having made a stream of accusations, attacks and various moves, avoiding justice, postponing court hearings. Never, in any case, has Erion Veliaj gone to face justice with humility and prove his innocence because he knows very well what he has in the files and documents, as he will now take them physically.

His wish to have mountains of letters and Albanians paying millions of lek to print them so he could have them in prison was fulfilled. Meanwhile, his lawyers have taken them according to legal procedure, read them, and published them in the media.

Therefore, we are faced with the fact that we are dealing with two completely different cases where the presumption of innocence may be the same.

In one case, the accused chooses to attack justice and destroy the evidence, while in the other case, the accused chooses not to destroy the evidence, not to attack the prosecutors, but to continue facing justice, not avoiding it in any case, unlike the first one, who hopes to get out of prison by using the soldiers of "Mjero" who run the Supreme Court./ CNA





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