Pressure and obstruction of Justice, from Rama to Veliaj

2024-04-06 18:54:00, Politikë Enton Abilekaj

Erion Veliaj, who has been avoiding the media for 10 days, chose to communicate with the public with a ready-made video. The embarrassing recording, shared massively today on the media and social platforms, is a mixture of internal political blackmail and pressure on Justice, but not a single word, not a single word, was sorry for the public money lost in the pockets of his accomplices , he didn't even feel sorry for the economic damage that the 5 D affair has brought.

When you compare his responsibility for the arrested directors with that of Edi Rama, it is clear that he is blackmailing the public, it is clear that he is telling his boss, that he can even fire him or ask him to resign, that the cases are the same and that he is as corrupt as the Prime Minister, which means that his removal from office is a precedent for the removal of the Prime Minister in similar cases of the past or future, which are the majority.

This public blackmail, dressed in the public servility that characterizes it, accompanied by the disgusting licking that Edi Rama has done for decades, has no value for the public. It is simply a communication similar to what Saimir Tahiri and Arben Ahmatejn did from Fevziu's studio when they felt that the boss was letting them go. The result is already known for the first two, but it is not said that their fate predicts that of Veliaj.

The problem with the Mayor's speech was the behavior towards SPAK. By evaluating the three arrested - directors of the highest levels in the Municipality and then excluding the possibility that he himself signed or pressured or influenced an illegal decision, Veliaj obstructs Justice.

Even without this blackmailing speech, SPAK had brought to the Court a mutilated file, which did not include all the conversations that mention the role of Veliaj. Even before today's speech, GJKKO did not even dare to mention Veliaj's name, when he requested the investigation of the contracting authority. Excluding himself, staying in a powerful office, having in hand the destruction of evidence, still being a potential suspect, Veliaj exerted political pressure on the Justice. He reminded the frightened SPAK that he will continue to work in that office and that his power has not changed, that his fate will be the same as that of Edi Rama.

Even if until today Veliaj had not done anything illegal, today he has exerted pressure on the Justice and prevented the Justice from acting.

Such a case is not unprecedented. He simply copied Edi Rama when he declared Dritan Zagani an enemy and bandit, only that the former policeman denounced the Habilas who benefited from their cousin who was the Minister of the Interior in drug trafficking. After the Italian Justice acted, Edi Rama distanced himself from Saimir Tahiri, while Zagani was and continues to be in political asylum.

It was Edi Rama who defended the incinerators and continues to feel proud of what he has done, making the Justice move the investigation from the procedure filled with violations, to the insides of the family members of those the Prime Minister no longer loves.

It is again Edi Rama who defended the sterilization and publicly guaranteed that the concession will continue, just a few days after SPAK started the arrests. But he rushes out to declare that his close associates have eaten apples and pears behind his back, while the file is still under consideration and he could be one of the accomplices.

All these are obstruction of Justice, pressure exerted publicly with clear consequences. Because of this pressure, SPAK has diverted the investigations into big affairs, making them ridiculous.

You don't have to be a media prosecutor to understand that the leader of the central or local government, with powerful positions in the party, cannot be investigated if he is in office, even less when he exercises his power publicly to divert investigations. For this reason, not only in Europe, but also in Zimbabwe, the heads of the executive resign as soon as their associates are officially accused by the Justice.