Ardit Gjebrea came to his defense/ Veliaj gave him hundreds of millions of lek

2025-02-15 11:16:00, Denoncim CNA

A group of singers and presenters have come out in defense of Mayor Erion Veliaj, the latter arrested on suspicion of corruption and money laundering.

Many of them brazenly came out in front of SPAK protesting for Veliaj, who seems to have rewarded them quite well with money.

One of the television personalities who reacted and came out in support of Erion Veliaj was moderator Ardit Gjebrea.

"No one can say that Tirana is the same as before. And unfortunately, how can they not shout about your work and how quickly they forgot (on purpose) that you came to Tirana to fundamentally change it for the better of our daily lives? One day they will look for you, and I know: The capable always find a way to be worthy of themselves and their family. I am happy and proud to have a friend like you!", writes the presenter, accompanying the message with a photo with Veliaj and the hashtags #jamerion and #kambesimtekti, "Gjebrea wrote on social networks.

Ardit Gjebrea came to his defense/ Veliaj gave him hundreds of millions of lek

Why did Ardit Gjebrea come to the defense of "Lali Eri"?

According to data from the General Directorate of Treasury, reflected in Open Spending Data, it turns out that Ardit Gjerbrea has received money from the Municipality of Tirana 6 times.

On December 19, 2022, the Municipality of Tirana gave 8,000,000 lek to the Jon Music Association for the Kënga Magjike 2022 festival.

Another payment received from the Municipality of Tirana was on 03.12.2021, worth 705,880 lek from Jon Music again for the Kënga Magjike Festival.

On October 11, 2021, the Municipality of Tirana gave Jon Music 6,289,998 lek for the Kënga Magjike 2021 festival.

On 03.02.2020, the Municipality of Tirana gave Jon Music 2,700,000 lekë . Another transaction was made by the Municipality of Tirana to Jon Music on 31.01.2020 worth 4,300,000 lekë.

Also on 29.01.2019, Jon Music received 7,975,000 lek from the Municipality of Tirana.

All of these transactions were made for the Magic Song festival.

You can see the data in this table.

Ardit Gjebrea came to his defense/ Veliaj gave him hundreds of millions of lek

So, 6 transactions have been made by the Municipality of Tirana for Jon Music. This also shows the reason why Ardit Gjebrea came out and "shouted" loudly that he is with "Lali Erin"./ CNA