Who is "giving" to whom, is Ndreca or Erion Veliaj winning?!

2026-04-26 14:30:00, Editorial CNA

For several weeks, since March 24, Plarent Ndreca, SPAK's defendant for the criminal offense of "violation of equality in tenders" during the time he was Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, has been officialized as Erion Veliaj's lawyer.

Documents/ Plarent Ndreca under investigation by SPAK
October 19, 20:06

Citizens have always hoped that the arrested mayor of Tirana, who has been in Durrës prison for almost 14 months, would go and face justice. For more than 7 months, he has not faced either the GJKKO or the charges of the Special Prosecution, but finds 1001 ways to evade justice: procedures, technicalities, games, schemes and scenarios.

The coward who doesn't go to court
April 18, 12:58

With the arrival of Plarent Ndreca as a lawyer, one would hope that now the court case would proceed normally and Erion Veliaj would face off against SPAK prosecutors to ensure justice is served, to be acquitted of all the charges they have brought. In fact, that is not the case. It seems that the scheme is even deeper than the first one.

In addition to the postponements of hearings, there is also a show. A show in the “who is giving it to whom and who is winning” variant. In no country in Western Europe does it happen that a lawyer is a defendant and he continues his duty. At a minimum, he is suspended until a final decision of a court. Whereas under Albanian law, an individual can be accused by SPAK, can be arrested, be under a certain security measure and go and defend another client, exercising the duty of a lawyer. This is unprecedented and unheard of! But anyway, this is how the laws are in Albania.

Under investigation by the judiciary/ Plarent Ndreca in the attack on SPAK
February 13, 09:39

With the arrival of Plarent Ndreca, as we emphasized above, we don't just have postponements of sessions, schemes and scenarios, but we also have a show. Perhaps Veliaj and Ndreca, the two hardened 99-chats, think that media appearances, public positions, will provide justice by exerting pressure with press conferences or with positions. Everything will be resolved by blackmailing the justice system to some extent.

Plarent Ndreca, in the world of Veliaj
April 25, 11:57

In fact, it was also seen at the last Appeals session at the GJKKO. Plarent Ndreca himself had requested the suspension of the pre-trial detention terms, he himself requested the postponement! Everything is done with a function, it is enough to look at it with a cold eye. Every time there are sessions, there are preliminary statements that are made mainly in the media, that is, publications, a few months ago they also came from foreign American lawyers, lobbying studios, now they also come from media paid with the money of the incinerators, 5D or Arbri, the brother of Mayor Veliaj.

The saga of delays continues / The hearing for Veliaj is postponed again
April 24, 12:00

Now, in addition to these articles that appear a day or two before the court session, we also have Plarent Ndreca who appears after each session, takes a stand and speaks, as if we are dealing with a lawyer, with a lawyer who is making a name for himself in the face of justice, when in fact he is himself a defendant and accused under trial, who defends a defendant and an accused in trial such as Erion Veliaj.

Why doesn't Plarent Ndreca demand an open trial against him?
April 2, 11:56

The conclusion is that Plarent Ndreca is using Veliaj's trial for his own interests, for show. The person who comes out, speaks in public, is Plarent Ndreca. He uses technical terms, certain issues, he himself opens the issues, creates spaces to appear in the media and in the end, beyond Veliaj's interests, it is Plarent Ndreca's show.

Erion Veliaj probably likes this kind of scheme, but in the end it seems that Plarent Ndreca is the winner.

Who is feeding whom? Plarent Ndreca is gaining public audience, media exposure for the 'Veliaj' case, but let's not forget that Ndreca also has his own criminal case in the GJKKO. And clearly, the whole show, all the lights of the media scene, in the end go to Ndreca as a personal benefit for his case, since he is in the spotlight and has a public stance.

Meanwhile, Erion Veliaj has been in the Durrës prison cage for more than a year, facing 13 charges for 5 serious criminal offenses. In the meantime, he waits to watch Ndreca talk about his plight through a screen.