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The leader of Nisa Thurje, Endri Shabani, reacted today after the closed-door meeting of the Tirana Municipality's Legal Affairs Committee.

In his speech to journalists, Shabani focused on discussions about the presence or absence of the arrested mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, at the meeting for his dismissal.

Shabani emphasized that the chronological fact shows that after several months in prison, Veliaj could be dismissed, but according to him, Veliaj should have resigned out of respect for public opinion.

"There is a chronological fact. Veliaj has been in prison since February 10. The law is clear that after 3 months of absence, he is dismissed. An hour of debate was held because the opposition's demands were not included. Today, the members of the Socialist Party came to their senses and are voting for our demands. There were no arguments, but it was not accepted that Veliaj come to the Municipal Council hall today. But the main role is played by the Prosecution. They had no arguments. In my opinion, there is no point in listening to Veliaj at the meeting. There is nothing to be heard about. He is in the conditions that he should resign to respect public opinion. My request was to start with an apology for the Municipality of Tirana", said Shabani. /CNA

The imprisoned mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, who is now expected to be tried on 13 serious criminal charges, has begun his "battle" with Prime Minister Rama. A battle that is actually related to the political career of the mayor of Tirana, which comes with a career in war with the socialists in 2004 as a close associate of Berisha, then as an ally of Edi Rama, receiving only a "handful of votes" as "99-ç" in 2009.

Later, he became a member of parliament and minister, and is now imprisoned for serious criminal offenses on charges of corruption, laundering the proceeds of crime, etc.

Erion Veliaj's fate is "hope and folly" at these moments. Hope, on his part, to save his image and figure. We saw and read this in the intercepts published by the media and in particular by CNA, where it seemed that the mayor had hope to return to politics, to be in his posts, to have some activity.

The people even have a saying, "Hope dies last."

Beyond hope is also madness.

Erion Veliaj's stupidity to keep alive what we wrote above, his political career. To save himself, since he has always considered himself omnipotent. Maybe he lived in another universe. Somewhere talking about his iron fists, who controlled SPAK. It is this same SPAK that has already taken him to court with a voluminous file with 13 charges and another file under investigation, for which it is still not known how far the collection of facts and evidence has gone.

Erion Veliaj's stupidity begins with foreign lawyers, with his lies that his rights are being violated by not being allowed to have an English or American lawyer. In fact, he and his Albanian lawyers know very well that the Criminal Code is clear: you can only be represented by two lawyers. And Erion Veliaj has two Albanian lawyers. You can be represented by foreign lawyers when they are representatives of law firms in one of the EU countries. Neither the US nor Britain are part of the EU.

So, this is one of the first stupidities, from the public "self-deprecations" that Erion Veliaj makes, who apparently wants to use them in Strasbourg. In fact, he can't even use them in the municipality's legal office, with Alban Dokushi, because even the latter would have thrown these theses in the face.

The accusation goes to the media that the media leaked the investigative secrets, when in fact everything came out after the documents were given to Erion Veliaj's lawyers. Is it a coincidence that the lawyers gave them or confirmed them to journalists and then accused the media of having leaked them and the source was the prosecutors?!

Marrëzia e tretë ishte mashtrimi që u bë disa herë në mënyrë të përsëritur se prokurori Ols Dado i kishte kërkuar Erion Veliajt leje për një shtesë. Në fakt, prej gati 5 javësh CNA u kërkon kryebashkiakut dhe avokatëve të tij të publikojnë dokumentin që mban firmën e Ols Dados. Pra, kërkesën e këtij të fundit dhe refuzimin e kryebashkiakut me firmën e Erion Veliajt. Dhe kjo nuk po publikohet.

Më tej, mashtrimet publike, marritë e tij se nuk po hetohej gruaja, nuk kishte asnjë hetim, por disa verifikime për Ajolën. Mashtrimet e tjera publike, se nuk kishte hetim ndaj Erion Veliajt dhe se ai po shkonte të bënte një lëvizje proaktive. Po shkonte te çunat që ta dëgjonin ata siç donte ky. Ndoshta kujtonte se prokuror do të kishte Arben Rakipin. Në fakt, ky i fundit me familjarët e tij, i kanë çuar akuzën e 13-të, atë të shpërdorimit të detyrës.

Fati i Erion Veliajt është vërtetë shpresë dhe marrëzi. Dikush mund t’i uronte paç fatin e k**vës, siç është një shprehje popullore.

Marrëzia pa fund dhe shpresa që po vdes

Në fakt, Erion Veliaj ka fatin e tij. Erion Veliaj e shkroi vetë fatin e tij politik dhe ligjor, sepse ende sot, gati 8 muaj pas prangave, apo gati më shumë se një vit e gjysmë pas nisjes së hetimeve, kryebashkiaku i Tiranës, i cili ndodhet pas hekurave, nuk është përpjekur kurrë të përballet me të vërtetën. Nuk ka qenë kurrë në nivelin e një qytetari dhe intelektuali që duhet të përfaqësojë kryetarin e Bashkisë së Tiranës.

Nuk mundi dot kurrë të shkëputej nga lidhja me karrigen e tij, pra të jepte dorëheqjen kur po hetohej. Të dilte i pafajshëm dhe pastaj kishte një karrierë të ndritur politike përpara. Por dhe sot po përpiqet të krijojë një lëmsh te socialistët, një rrëmujë. Vazhdon me mashtrime, me lëvizje që tregojnë sërish marrëzi.

Del publikisht dhe thotë se kërkon të dëgjohet. Në fakt, që të dëgjohet në Këshillin Bashkiak duhet t’u drejtohej prokurorëve, jo Këshillit Bashkiak. Ka mundësinë ta regjistrojë me audio, ka mundësinë ta shkruajë, ta dërgojë. Të gjitha këto janë lëvizje të pashpresa të kryebashkiakut Veliaj, sepse Asambleja socialiste, kryeministri, kryetari i partisë së tij, që e ka kandiduar, doli dhe tha të shkarkohet. Nuk pati kurajë Erion Veliaj të jepte dorëheqjen pas vendimit të Gjykatës së Apelit, por vazhdoi dhe u përpëlit e u tërhoq zvarrë, për t’u përballur me Edi Ramën.

Even now that they are dismissing him, he is creating a stalemate, pressures, he will go to the Constitutional Court, he will go to Strasbourg. He does not have the courage to say: "The SP dismissed me, I resign, I will go and face justice". Because he knows that he is not innocent, but he is making his fate "hope and foolishness", when in fact hope dies last.

But stupidity is when the political party and the facts are before your eyes. You look at them and with every step you take, with your stupidity, you destroy your destiny in every legal and political move you make.

Without any doubt, Erion Veliaj's fate is simply and only hope and foolishness. Where foolishness is endless and hope seems to be dying./ CNA

Democratic MP Belind Këlliçi spoke today after the court session with publisher Carlo Bolino, regarding a report filed against the latter for the theft of public land for personal interests.

In his statement to the media after leaving the Tirana Court, Këlliçi said that after the hearings, Bollino had the habit of going and reporting to Erion Veliaj, the arrested mayor of Tirana who is in Durrës Prison.

Këlliçi added that this act supported by the government has left thousands of residents without public space that could be used for a school.

"He used to go and report to Veliaj after the session here. We are dealing with a case of theft of a territory, leaving the residents without any school. The famous Leçi Carlo Bolino, favored by Rama and Denaj, has stolen a plot of land for a private television station, which insults the opposition. On July 11, we filed a request on the reports filed by DP deputies. We are waiting. We know that special investigations and procedures are being carried out," said Këlliçi ./CNA

Lazarus Fundo

This Tuesday, at 10:00 PM, Blendi Fevziu's "Opinion" show will exclusively broadcast a report dedicated to the figure of Llazar Fundo, in commemoration of the 81st anniversary of his execution on September 23, 1944.

The report brings images and testimonies from the journey of a team from Albania to the Italian island of Ventotene, where during World War II hundreds of European and Albanian anti-fascists, intellectuals, philosophers, political activists, who later became the authors of the first ideas of the European Union, were interned.

Among them was Llazar Fundo, one of the most educated intellectuals of the time, a polyglot, educated at the Sorbonne and politically active in Albania and abroad.

Zai Fundo, photo from Ventotene prison

Exiled to the island of Ventotene as an anti-fascist, he would come into contact with Italian ideologists, Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi, with whom Fundo would draft the "Ventotene Manifesto", known as the precursor to the Hague Congress and the Schuman Declaration.

The Ventotene Manifesto

This trip, which took place in June, was attended by journalist Blendi Fevziu, director of the show "Opinion" Indrit Kasmi, sculptor Adi Dule, current Speaker of Parliament Niko Peleshi, Chairman of the RTSH Steering Council, Fatjon Hoxhalli, and journalist Elvi Fundo.

Views from the trip to Ventotene

In addition to footage from Ventotene, the show also features an exclusive interview between journalist Blendi Fevziu and Elvi Fundo, where they discuss the complex figure of Llazar Fundo, as well as his clashes with the ideologies of the time.

Elvi Fundo and Blendi Fevziu

Llazar Fundo, known for his critical thinking and rejection of both fascist and communist dictatorships, was imprisoned by the fascist regime in 1939 and exiled to Ventotene. After the fall of the fascist regime and his return to Albania, Fundo was arrested and on September 23, 1944, he was shot without trial by Albanian communists, accused of being an “enemy of the people.”

"Saint Stephen's" Prison

This reportage brings stories from the places where he was interned, reflections on his intellectual contribution, and an attempt to restore him to the collective memory as an important voice of free thought in Albania./ CNA

Built 77% more than the approved permit, Fier Prosecutor's Office sends the builder, chief inspector and expert to court for 'abuse of duty', 'illegal construction' and 'false expertise'

The Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Fier has completed the investigations and is sending to trial citizen NQ, for committing the criminal offense "Illegal construction" provided for by article 199/a, paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code, citizen Gj.M, for committing the criminal offense "Abuse of office" provided for by article 248 of the Criminal Code and citizen E. S, for committing the criminal offense "False expertise" provided for by article 309, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.

In the framework of the investigations into criminal proceedings no. 322 of 2021, it turned out that the construction carried out by the investor/construction entity, in the “Kongresi” neighborhood of the Lushnje Municipality, was carried out in serious violation of the conditions of the construction permit. The prosecution documented that citizen NQ, after being provided with a construction permit by the Lushnje Municipality, during the implementation of the project, carried out works beyond the permit received. In total, the area built in excess of the construction permit resulted in 276.6m², or 77% of the construction.

Also, the investigative actions were focused on the actions and inactions of the local inspection structures at the Municipality of Lushnje, the Inspectorate of Territory Protection at this municipality. On the part of the inspection authority, the IMT, Lushnje Municipality, the responsible persons charged with the exercise of functional duties related to the control of the territory and the ongoing monitoring of the implementation of construction permits, it was found that actions were carried out in violation of the law, which constitute a regular failure to fulfill their duty. The established criminal fact was attributed by the prosecution to citizen M.Gj., with the position of Chief Inspector at the IMT, Lushnje Municipality, at the time of the commission of the offense.

Likewise, citizen ES, in his capacity as an expert in carrying out the expert report, has presented false data related to the actual area of ​​the construction carried out. The investigations revealed that the area built by the defendant was several times larger than that reflected by the expert.

In addition, the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, Fier, expresses its full commitment and the legal responsibility of all citizens who violate the legal regime of land and construction, as well as state employees or public servants who commit criminal offenses against state activity./CNA