Businessman Artur Shehu breaks his silence: I am a long-time land owner in Zvërnec, I don't know the investors at all
Albanian businessman Artur Shehu spoke on the Opinion show...
Albanian businessman Artur Shehu spoke on the Opinion show...
Përtej fakteve që gjenden për shpërdorimin e detyrës, korrupsionin apo konfliktin e interesit ka një detaj tjetër që duket qesharak, por është në dosje të Gjykatës Administrative të Apelit për Erion Veliajn. CNA zbulon se i njëjti person që e ka paditur dhe e ka gjetur në shkelje të ligjit dhe shpërdorim të detyrës Erion Veliajn tani është i njëjti person që del dhe e mbron në gjykatë. Kjo është qesharake. Është njësoj si prokurori të jetë dhe avokat.

Erion Veliaj, with a decision of the Administrative Court of Appeal published on CNA which you can read here and the full investigative material brought in the last two days clearly, with facts, with evidence and with a clarified court decision, is in the conditions of abuse of office.
Beyond it lies the conflict of interest for a road, which, as we showed yesterday in this article that you can read here , was provided according to a Detailed Local Plan.
Residents complain, the road collapses, a road that was destined for Ajola Xoxa's property, a property that she later sold to a cousin of hers, who appears in the SPAK investigative file, Valmir Xoxa, who roamed the streets of Tirana with two pillowcases filled with 140 thousand euros.

He gave this money to Ajola to buy the property, then a mansion was built on that property and Ajola's cousin went to get a loan to buy an apartment that would be built on his property.
These schemes are in the SPAK file and a decision of the Administrative Court of Appeals highlights a new accusation against the mayor of Tirana.
But, beyond that, there is something that is perhaps unbelievable to someone who reads and when investigating, faces funny things.
One of the people who sued Erion Veliaj in the Administrative Court is named Vilma Rakipi.
We have published the names of the people who filed the lawsuit with their initials, which you can read here . One of the names is Vilma Rakipi, we are not revealing the other names because they are not related to our investigation.
The lawsuit was registered on 18.06.2024.

A property owner who demanded justice after the mayor was doing injustice.
So far, everything seems normal, but as always in these cases, the deeper you go, the more details you discover.
The pear always has its tail behind it.
Vilma Rakipi is the wife of Arben Rakipi, today director of the School of Magistrates, former Attorney General dismissed two decades ago for several scandals and his acquaintances with people who were involved in international drug trafficking at the time.
Vilma Rakipi is not an unknown character to public opinion and Arben Rakipi himself.
The media have investigated and brought materials about the head of the Magistrate's Office and the law firm on behalf of the wife, which you can read HERE .
It is this law firm and attorney Ermir Beta who are defending Erion Veliaj in Court.
So, according to the documents that we have investigated and released for two days in a row, since the first court decision, since the revelation, the discovery of the road, the road that leads to Ajola's house, the previously published documents, such as the decision of the GJKKO Fact that revealed the schemes of Ajola and Erion Veliaj, today we come across another very important detail.
It is Vilma Rakipi, who sued Erion Veliaj at the Administrative Court of Appeal and made a decision, that now without a doubt has a criminal charge, was caught red-handed in abuse of office, going further to corruption or conflict of interest, and it is the same studio that is defending Erion Veliaj.
So, the one who accuses Erion Veliaj as the man who went to build a road in violation of the law, who has denounced him with documents, with decisions, catching him in legal violations, which lead to criminal charges, is the same person who now goes to court to defend him in front of SPAK.
So, we have the law firm and Vilma Rakipi accusing Erion Veliaj, and we also have Vilma Rakipi and the law firm defending Erion Veliaj.
This is beyond ridiculous, it's banal.


Let's remember here a few years ago when this scandal began to break out, which was also denounced in the media at the time, namely the approval for the construction of the road, after the residents began to react and oppose the mayor for the decision he was making, Arben Rakipi in friendly corridors declared that SPAK should investigate Erion Veliaj and the mayor of Tirana had caused a scandal: he was giving a road in violation of the law to lead to his wife's property.
For Arben Rakipi, this was a serious legal violation and Erion Veliaj should be held criminally responsible.
Legal steps were taken, the decision of the Administrative Court of Appeal came out, in the meantime some things have changed, it is Arben Rakipi's wife, Vilma, who goes, sues and makes a decision against the mayor of Tirana that leads him to a new criminal charge.
It is clear, it is clarified with a decision of March 27, 2025, since Erion's arrest is in February. The investigations began last spring, while the lawsuit at the Administrative Court of Appeal took time, required procedures, and things changed along the way.
From enemies whose property Erion Veliaj was robbing to build a road that would lead to the palace that would be built on Ajola's land that she had sold to her cousin Valmir Xoxa, from accuser, Vilma Rakipi turns into Erion Veliaj's legal defender.

It clearly seems that there is a conflict of interest here of the law firm, of Ms. Rakipi herself, in case SPAK will take and include the Administrative Court's decision in the file, but the second also shows the banality of how far political immorality, bargaining or dignity go, and in this case it is beyond the conflict of interest of the law firm, because a person who goes and accuses the mayor and finds him in breach of duty, where there is a decision of the Administrative Court of Appeal that gives the criminal offense, so even if SPAK had not made any accusations, if prosecutors Altin Dumani and Ols Dado had not conducted any investigation, this decision of the Administrative Court is enough for Erion Veliaj to receive at least a charge of abuse of office and conflict of interest without going to corruption, etc.
The court has found abuse of office, but there is no way to establish a conflict of interest between Erion and Ajola, they are in the SPAK file.
But to do this, to prepare it with a court decision, to prepare it with criminal charges to take it to SPAK because this was the intention of Vilma and the affected residents, then the moment SPAK takes him and arrests him, investigates and discovers that beyond a court decision there are hundreds of pages of files showing the mayor's corruption and his 4 serious criminal offenses, it comes out and takes him to his defense.
It's up to them to be the same, Altin Dumani on one side and Altin Dumani on the other side.
The question is simple:
How will Vilma Rakipi's law firm defend Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj if SPAK prosecutors take him and accuse him of abuse of office or corruption and conflict of interest the moment they include him in the file and take him to court because the plaintiff is Vilma and the defense attorney is also Vilma?
What can Vilma Rakipi, who has herself filed one charge against Mayor Erion Veliaj, but must also defend him against 13 other charges, say to the court?/ CNA
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