Decision of the United Colleges/Kalaja: Sokol Sadushi and the alibi for Veliaj were dismissed

2026-05-04 18:59:00, Aktualitet CNA

Decision of the United Colleges/Kalaja: Sokol Sadushi and the alibi for Veliaj

Lawyer Adriana Kalaja commented today on the decision of the United Colleges, which only imposed partial interventions and clarifications in the previous decision of the unified practice on security measures, while not overturning the 2011 decision.

Invited to Syri TV, Kalaja stated that today's decision brought down the head of the Supreme Court, while adding that some of the judges showed professional integrity in their decision-making. She also emphasized that the decision of the United Colleges also brought down the alibi for the arrested mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj.

"It was attempted to come out as a unifying decision, overturning the 2011 decision and bringing a decision with a new format that the judicial system should have. I agree that as long as we are not dealing with a unifying decision, Sokol Sadushi was overthrown. A large part of those judges have shown professional integrity. Now even more, the moral and professional integrity of magistrates must be taught. As long as this decision has said that a specific analysis is needed case by case, as long as we do not have any change to the unifying decision of 2011, but even more so since the things that were said today are defined in the Criminal Procedure Code. Today, this decision also facilitated the work of the defense attorney, because it said that the evidence for a change or mitigation of the measure must go through the prosecution. The alibi for Erion Veliaj was also overthrown, that it must go through Olsi Dado, to burden the situation a little. They have also made a new leap with this decision. We do not have a provision in the law that decisions unifying decisions are clarifying or clarifying decisions. Clarifying or clarifying decisions are those when it is shown that a court decision is flawed or there is nothing clear. Here we only had the moment where the way in which arrest with prison was decided should be unified. As long as we have only had appeals dismissed for years, the approach of the President of the Supreme Court cannot be changed. We are clearly with a pre-prepared notion that we should go with a unifying decision to ease the measure of arrest mainly for high-ranking officials. Today, Sokol Sadushi has been expressly dismissed. We are in a situation where, whether with moral or professional integrity, the courts have the conditions to give fair and proportional decisions, whether with the author of the criminal offense or with the criminal offense ," Kalaja said. /CNA