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2026-07-08 11:45:00, Aktualitet REDAKSIONALE

These two days, a defendant's "lawyer" and Erion Veliaj's media tools are shamelessly speculating. The essence of all this that we see is how a procedural deadline turned into a poor media spectacle.

This fabricated story contains a stubborn fact that does not change with press conferences, television chronicles, social media posts or several hours of drafting by a defendant who serves as a lawyer and "puts it in" for his client.

On June 16, 2026, in the court session against Erion Veliaj, the defendant Plarent Ndreca stated that he had reservations about one of the members of the trial panel, Judge Flora Hajredinaj. Up to this point, everything is within the procedural rules.

But this is precisely where the problem begins.

Article 19, point 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is clear. The request for the disqualification of a judge must be submitted within three days from the procedural moment provided for by law, the ascertainment of the cause of the disqualification. Not four. Not five. Even less ten.

But what happened in this case? The request for the disqualification of the judge, made by the defendant Plarent Ndreca, was filed only on June 26, 2026. So, not three days later, but ten days later. Whether Erion Veliaj knows this or not, we do not know, but if he does not, Ndreca has "inserted" a little here.

As if this were not enough, the court also found another elementary deficiency. The request was not accompanied by the relevant power of attorney, as expressly required by Article 19, point 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The law itself provides that, in the absence of this document, the request is not accepted.

The result? The judge selected by lot did exactly what the law obliges him to do. The request was not accepted because it was filed outside the legal deadline and without the required documentation. That's the legal story. Now either Erioni knows and they have put the whole thing together and are simply in the script and the next show, or Erioni doesn't know anything and Ndreca "put" a little. A Little.

But the media story seems to be completely different.

Suddenly, what was a request filed late by Plarent Ndreca and in violation of the formal requirements of the law, turned into a "great injustice". The impression was created that the court had refused to consider a regular request, while the decision shows the opposite. So, it is clear that the problem was not the court, but the way the request itself was filed.

Here the question arises that cannot be avoided.

How idiotic do all these "lawyer" defendants seem? Or the other question, does the law apply to the rest of the population and not to the defendants Veliaj and Ndreca?

How is it possible for a "lawyer" to miss such an elementary procedural deadline and, at the same time, not respect even the most elementary formal requirements of the law?

If this happened due to incompetence (this is what colleagues often say about this type of person), then we are dealing with a serious procedural error that has cost Erion alone, and this is where the "introduction" lies.

If, on the contrary, the strategy was to later present the refusal in public as proof of a "terrible injustice", then this is a failed tactic that has already become a refrain, but which cannot change the content of the file.

Because in any subsequent process, including before the European Court of Human Rights, exactly what happened in reality will be seen. The deadlines, the documents filed and the reasoning of the court.

Plarent Ndreca's propaganda can function in Erion Veliaj's servant television studio. In the file, the documents speak.

And the documents, in this case, show that it was not the court that did not respect the law, but the defendant Plarent Ndreca with his request that did not respect the terms of the law.

In the end, the biggest loser is not the court nor public opinion. The loser is Erion Veliaj himself, let Ndreca "insert" him.

Because no media strategy can correct a missed procedural deadline. No television statement can replace a power of attorney that the law requires to be filed. And no political narrative can erase what is written in black and white in the court's decision. In court, you win with the law. Not with press conferences that have already been made black./ CNA