A flagrant and unique theft case was ceremoniously buried today

2026-01-29 15:30:00, Politikë CNA

DP MP Belind Këlliçi has made another reaction to the decision of the Special Appeal for the 5 former officials included in the 5D file.

According to Këlliç, a flagrant and unique theft case was ceremoniously buried today. He says that today's decision is a testament to the new justice system.

He further distributed the statement given to the media.

Këlli?'s statement

The release of the 5D gang of the Municipality of Tirana: Today a flagrant and unique theft case was buried with ceremony. Today's decision gave a blow to the new justice!

Statement to the media:

On April 26, 2023, I made public for the first time the 5D scheme of the Municipality of Tirana.

It was like lifting the lid of an institutional coffin and understanding not only corruption, but also organized state decay.

An unheard-of line of theft, where the directors of the Municipality functioned as elements of a structured criminal group, with separate tasks, with synchronized signatures for a single purpose: the extortion of 100% of public money.

Public money obtained through tenders, building permits and state seals.

29 tenders, 30 million euros, 3 construction permits, all entered into a single "mouth", opened by the personal signature of the Mayor, Erion Veliaj.

Immediately after the publication, I filed a criminal complaint with SPAK.

The investigation by the Prosecution, under the direction of Prosecutor Klodian Braho, fully substantiated the complaint and brought the entire leadership chain of the Municipality of Tirana to trial.

For 44 weeks in a row, we protested in front of City Hall for a fundamental and universal principle: the theft of public money cannot be amnestied and the damage must be returned to the citizens.

Today, the Court of Appeal for Organized Crime and Corruption put the lid on. Not on crime, no! But on justice. On the crushed backs of citizens.

The leaders of the Municipality, except for one, left the hall not as repentant, but as cleansed, as even the symbolic first-instance sentences were overturned.

No jail time. No refund. No accountability.

A file buried with ceremony by a Justice who today produced a puppet of guilt, a second Alqi Bllako, on whom they hung the entire weight of a collective robbery.

All directors of the Tirana Municipality, with the exception of Mariglen Qato, were spared criminal liability.

Like incinerators, where 200 million euros were extorted and a single name is to blame, while the system was declared innocent.

This decision not only closed a case, but formalized a doctrine where crime is quietly signed with a pen and the signature for the boss is a criminal bulletproof vest.

From today, every employee knows that he can steal, he can sign, he can extort, because above him is a safe roof of impunity. Obedience is rewarded.

Even for the most naive, today's court decision gave a blow to the new justice system. Today, the most dangerous message a state can produce was sent: capitulation to crime dressed in an institutional costume.

The judges took off their robes, took the keys to the safe, handed them over to the government door, and immediately said to the Albanians:

"Don't seek protection from us anymore. Only crime is protected here." Specifically organized crime and structured criminal groups.

Thank you. / CNA