Veliaj scripts with the Constitutional Court/ The author wants to return to the scene of the crime

2026-07-08 12:30:00, Editorial CNA

Veliaj scripts with the Constitutional Court/ The author wants to return to the

Erion Veliaj

With a totally illegal request that is not recognized by the Criminal Procedure Code, the mayor of Tirana, who is being held in prison on 13 serious criminal charges, has addressed the Supreme Court, requesting the acceleration of his trial.

"The request for acceleration is not based on an abstract interest in a speedy review, but on concrete and daily consequences on personal freedom, on the exercise of the mandate won by vote and on the functioning of local government in the Municipality of Tirana," the request states.

In fact, Veliaj is not in prison for fun, but because he, in his capacity as mayor, was caught during investigations, tampering with evidence and in his chair signing that the tax money of the citizens of Tirana would go to his wife and her family. Not to mention the criminal attacks on justice and fraudulent lobbying.

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Further, Veliaj's request states that any delay in the retrial will have irreversible consequences for the exercise of his mandate as mayor.

"Any delay in the retrial is not, therefore, simply a procedural delay; it consumes the term of office itself and makes the consequence that the security measure has produced on the exercise of public office increasingly irreversible, as well as effectively unenforceable the decision of the Constitutional Court. Consequently, even a potentially positive decision of the Supreme Court, if issued after the actual term of office has been significantly consumed or is nearing its end, would risk remaining without practical effect, as it would not be able to realistically restore the lost period of exercise of the term, nor repair the institutional consequence created by the de facto inability of the Mayor to perform his function, nor the violation of the right of citizens and voters to be governed by the representative elected by them," the request continues.

Veliaj, pressure on the Supreme Court
July 8, 11:35

Here Erion Veliaj clearly tells the Supreme Court, I want a positive decision and if you don't give it, I will turn to the Constitutional Court again, where the "Fantastic Four" could become five if Ilir Toska gets his mind full and joins them.

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July 7, 12:46

In this illegal request for acceleration, Veliaj first reveals his strategy by pressuring the Supreme Court to issue it quickly or else he will use the Constitutional Court to get into office.

Secondly, he says that his concern is going to the office, not personal freedom, exactly where he signed the funds for his wife and set up the evidence destruction schemes with Klotilda Bushka.

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Thirdly, the scheme reveals that Veliaj wants to go to office at all costs before spring and the end of his mandate, so he is not concerned with his personal freedom to go to his wife and children, but with his duty, precisely where he has broken the law and committed 13 criminal offenses.

The solution is the office, and Veliaj is jumping into both the High Court and the Constitutional Court, telling justice that the perpetrator wants to return to the scene of the crime at all costs. / CNA