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Veliaj repeats the scheme/Lobbying in international media to attack justice

2026-02-19 11:28:00, Aktualitet REDAKSIONALE

Veliaj repeats the scheme/Lobbying in international media to attack justice

The mayor arrested on 13 charges for 5 serious criminal offenses, Erion Veliaj, has again requested a change in his security measures.

On February 24, a hearing has been scheduled by the judge of the Court of Appeal, Nertila Kosova, to review the appeal, which alleges that the arrested mayor does not meet the conditions to be held in detention. ( READ HERE )

But what happens? The pattern repeats itself.

Every time Erion Veliaj has a court hearing, foreign media articles explode on Albanian portals.

Recently, Albanian media have published an article by "EU Reporter", which, in fact, is a manipulation and looks like the next pressure and blackmail against justice.

It is a cyclical, recurring fact that every time there is an important trial of Erion Veliaj, articles appear.

We bring you some of them:

The international media outlet "The Economist", in an article published on Thursday, August 7, 2025, titled "Albania's new anti-corruption unit is bringing down the powerful", explains why Erion Veliaj is in detention.

You can read the full article here.

Another international media outlet on the "Jerusalem Post" portal once again addresses the case of Mayor Erion Veliaj.

You can read the full article here.

An article from "EU Reporter" in June 2025 where Erion Veliaj is again defended, but with a structured effort to publicly rehabilitate the figure of a high-level official under criminal investigation.

You can read the full article here.

The latest is an article written on February 18 by “EU Reporter”, to which CNA previously sent an official e-mail regarding its position, but as always we have not received a response. So, the failure to respond, the silence, acknowledges the fact that these articles may be commissioned and paid for for lobbying purposes.

Such writings are used to intimidate justice.

Let's also read the article written by "EU Reporter" , which, in fact, the judge of the case dated February 24 should read in order not to become complex like her colleagues in such media nonsense because by taking a look at it, it is concluded that everything has been manipulated, taking out of context the positions given by EU officials and attaching Albania's path towards Europe and the fight against corruption as a success carried out by SPAK so far as a worrying issue directly related to the arrest of Erion Veliaj.

Veliaj repeats the scheme/Lobbying in international media to attack justice

Although a question arises: why is it only related to Veliaj's arrest and not to other mayors, ministers or other officials, but specifically to Veliaj?

Then, the position of the lawyer of the law firms and lobbyists, who went and lied all the way to the US Department of Justice, is taken and added.

In the reports where they told us that prosecutor Ols Dado was an active member of the Democratic Party or the fact that this property developer had requested a permit for an addition and had been refused.

And, thirdly, which was even more ridiculous, the accusation that it was the prosecutors who had chosen the previous judge, Erion Banin, while the choice of the judge was made by one of the defendants during the appeals procedures, then the positions of the lobbyists are taken and deformed and tried to be sold as the positions of senior EU officials that Albania will have penalties with the imprisonment of the corrupt.

In fact, it is the opposite. Even the recent statement made in "EU Reporter" clearly seems to be another pressure on justice for the upcoming trial on February 24, 2026.

All officials support SPAK. Not to mention the detention figures, which in Albania have no connection to SPAK. Not even 5% of prisoners in detention are from SPAK, the other figures are related to the activities of the General Prosecutor's Office.

Without further discussion about how the visit of EU officials to Tirana is being handled and imposed, without further discussion about how the position of MEPs or other officials is being handled and sought to be distorted, without further discussion about the position taken by the mayors regarding the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, which can truly be called a political case, since he is an opposition leader and could be arrested by the autocratic government and President Erdogan.

Meanwhile, in Albania there is a justice reform carried out by SP officials, with a vetting process involving SP officials, with a SPAK and GJKKO structure voted by Parliament with the votes of 140 deputies, voted by Erion Veliaj's party, by him himself, and now all of this is being taken away and it is publicly accused that Erion Veliaj should not be held in custody, while the latter has 13 charges for serious criminal offenses and is being held in custody for tampering with evidence.

CNA, through the disclosure of wiretaps, has also shown that Erion Veliaj has staged and directed media from prison to attack the judiciary, prosecutors and judges.

Erion Veliaj is not in political prison.

Erion Veliaj is in prison on 13 serious charges and evidence tampering.

Meanwhile, there is another faction of the file where the mayor is being investigated. Everything that is being said is simply a scheming, a movement, thinking that with lobbying, with writings in Europe and writings in the US, Erion Veliaj will get out of prison.

With such forms, which can be written as pressure on judges to arrest various officials around the world, paid to say that it is not fair, everyone should be free.

But, in fact, SPAK and GJKKO have not risen to be part of the pressure of paid pens or media fines that Veliaj later used to publish these nonsense as pressure on the court, and it is now expected that the GJKKO Appeal decision on the security measure will be issued on February 24. That is why this article has appeared as we listed above, after dozens of such ones that are published in various media.

Soon, this article and several others that are being published on Albanian portals are expected to be part of the additional report that lobbyists may make, continuing to lie to the US Department of Justice, the US Senate or Congress, including EU officials, who seem to be clearer.

Here is the European Parliament's true stance on Albania according to the draft report that is expected to be approved soon.

The rule of law, the judiciary and the fight against corruption

6. Welcomes the continuation of the judicial reform and the vetting process; notes challenges such as delays in cases and attempts at undue influence;

7. Requires the strengthening of justice governance bodies and investments in infrastructure and digitalization;

8. Stresses that corruption remains a serious concern and requires strengthening of investigations and punishments, especially at high levels;

9. Insists on addressing corruption at all levels to increase citizen trust;

10. Stresses the importance of the fight against organized crime and cooperation with EU agencies such as Europol and Eurojust;", states the EP draft report on Albania./ CNA

 





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