Pressure scenarios/Media show of a defendant's lawyer

2026-05-07 20:21:00, Aktualitet CNA

This Thursday, 24 hours before the next session at the Administrative Court for the lawsuit of the arrested mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, with 13 serious criminal charges against prosecutor Ols Dado, the defendant mayor's lawyer, Plarent Ndreca, came out openly, publicly exerting pressure on the Administrative Court and the judging panel.

This public appearance, scheduled on the eve of the hearing, was used to level accusations regarding the progress of the Tirana mayor's trial in the Administrative Court, while the pressure went so far that the defendant's lawyer for another defendant requested that control mechanisms against the court be activated.

The pressure of the Veliaj-Ndreca duo/ Control mechanisms like a rubber baton on the Administration
May 7, 1:20 PM

In addition to this unprecedented act, Erion Veliaj's defendant lawyer, Plarent Ndreca, said at a press conference held this Thursday that: "For days, in the public space and in open media sources, extremely disturbing allegations have been reported about possible attempts at institutional influence and pressure in relation to this judicial process" , continuing that " after all these developments, the suspicion naturally arises that the judge in the case may be under extraordinary institutional pressure to prevent a judicial decision from exposing the failure of the system itself to correct such a serious legal and institutional problem."

Defendant Ndreca pressured justice
May 7, 13:07

Following these statements coming from a defendant defending a defendant like Plarent Ndreca, we conducted an observation and did not find any media information that any pressure has been exerted on Judge Hazbi Balliu.

If there is any pressure, who did it? The government media, the media paid by the incinerators or by the mayor's brother? Which media have exerted pressure on this judge? And why? Because we did an observation and we have not seen any pressure exerted on this judge.

There are two sides to this coin. Either the ruling media attack the defendant Plarent Ndreca so that he can appear at a press conference and through the leadership from Durrës prison they put pressure on the justice system as in today's case, or they don't exist at all and come out and lie and say that they attacked the media and pressure was put on the judge.

The Supreme Court must react/ Ndreca and Veliaj, in an unprecedented attack on justice
May 7, 14:41

If a judge is pressured, there are competent bodies, there are courts, there are prosecutors, there are reports, there are police who deal with those responsible.

But in the case of the statement of defendant lawyer Plarent Ndreca, who is pressuring the judge and why is he pressuring him?

It seems clear that there is a spectacle in this story of the appearance of the defendant lawyer Plarent Ndreca.

There is more media show than battle with the law, truth, facts and evidence. Everything is a show./ CNA