Veliaj seeks reconciliation, journalist responds

2026-04-21 19:39:00, Aktualitet CNA

Today, the next court session took place at the Criminal Court of Tirana, where the imprisoned mayor of Tirana, who is facing 13 serious criminal charges, filed criminal charges against CNA and journalist Elvi Fundo.

In fact, the lawyers have not yet found out where journalist Elvi Fundo fits in, but today he has nevertheless come forward with a proposal for reconciliation, after previously rejecting it and demanding the punishment of CNA Media and Elvi Fundo.

It's very simple: some time ago, a report was made about an article written in CNA Media about the visit to the US of the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj.

CNA has made a response that you can read here.

Meanwhile, journalist Elvi Fundo has reacted with a post on social media.

The journalist emphasizes that:

Today I learned that the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, through his lawyer, Ermal Yzeiraj, who is a representative of the law firm of the other defendant, Plarent Ndreca, has requested a settlement with me at the Tirana Criminal Court.

Great wonder!

Why do I agree with Erion Veliaj? What is the reason?

CNA, where I am a 100% shareholder, has written articles, investigations, and reports.

I don't know that on a single occasion, at least I, but also my colleagues, have insulted, cursed, intimidated him.

On the contrary, Erion Veliaj has publicly leveled false accusations and insults at us, even through anonymous media, but we have done our duty.

Simply and solely as journalists, we have sided with the public interest.

We have not become a party to either Erion Veliaj or his brother and the budgets that the latter allocated to the media. It's very simple.

Erion Veliaj is the mayor of Tirana, he is in prison. I have nothing to agree with Erion Veliaj.

Citizen Erion Veliaj may be an ordinary man, but he can choose: to stay in prison as mayor, or with other security measures as a citizen. This is a very simple thing.

It used to look like a shining star, then it became perhaps even disgusting and disgusting, but that's my opinion.

It's this guy, this guy originally from Paraspuuri, named Erion Veliaj, who a few sessions ago was seeking punishment in court and now he goes and says "I want reconciliation with Elvi Fundo and CNA."

The lawyers will do their job, the court will decide who is right, but I don't have to agree with a person with 13 serious criminal charges who is in Durres prison as the mayor of Tirana.

Not even with Erion Veliaj who goes to court and says: would the president appoint "Baba Tasi's donkey", which they called an insult and then said "Aqif covered it up" because Paraspuari's colt could also be elected as the head of the Municipality of Tirana, because once elected, there is no legal practice and no institution that would draw up a protocol for his appointment to office.

Erion Veliaj and his lawyers cannot make either CNA, or me personally, part of their schemes and scenarios to draw attention away from his trial, away from his scenarios, away from his games, to focus everything on the battle they want to wage with the prosecutors, with the accusations they are making against them, with the attacks and 1001 intrigues that CNA has shown with wiretaps, with audio-taps officially released by CNA from the courts, which you are reading today show the path that Erion Veliaj is following.

To show the path that the mayor is following with 13 serious criminal charges, who comes to seek reconciliation by bringing a lawyer representing the law firm of another accused, Plarent Ndreca.

What should we agree on?

What should I agree on and who should I agree with? Because I don't know.

I have to meet with the prince of Paraspuari, with the donkey of Paraspuari, with Erion Veliaj, with the Municipality of Tirana, with Plarent Ndreca, with his representative? WHY?

At least before they ask for reconciliation, they should tell us what their problem is, because we know that after a while they will say: 'No, we asked for reconciliation, but they didn't accept it.' Let the hearings continue because they think they will have solved the problem by the next trial, by the date of the next hearing, which is in June.

After these May holidays pass, they hope that with Sokol Sadushi and his friends they can solve their problems or continue their free lives after having trampled on justice.

No, I personally will stand on the side of justice until the end.

Erion, Plarent Ndreca, the prince of Paraspuari, the colt of Paraspuari, the donkey of Paraspuari, and all that are good, they have their work. I will continue my work. I don't know what they want to agree on.

Today I learned for the first time that you can agree with someone you have no idea why they're agreeing with, who calls themselves a troublemaker.

God save us, keep your heads up because there are people like that!"/ CNA