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"No evidence, no facts, no documents", Veliaj's lawyers: The Mayor categorically denies all accusations

2025-09-10 19:18:47Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"No evidence, no facts, no documents", Veliaj's lawyers: The

The lawyers of Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj have reacted after the closure of investigations by SPAK and his sentencing for trial as accused of 13 charges, including nine cases of corruption, concealment of assets, money laundering, abuse of office and bringing illegal items into prison.

They state that Veliaj maintains his innocence, saying that SPAK has no evidence, facts or documents against him.

The reaction states that Veliaj was held in prison under extreme measures, while the investigations began with an anonymous complaint and were carried out over a period of 7 months without any valid legal authorization.

Full reaction:

Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj continues to categorically deny all allegations of wrongdoing, as he has done since the beginning of the investigation two years ago.

No page of the request for judgment proves:

• no connection between his activity as Mayor and any illegal privilege for any private entity;
• no abuse of the public office entrusted to him for three terms by the citizens of Tirana;
• and above all:
No evidence
No facts
No documents

Despite the impressions that SPAK's statement aims to create, no preliminary judge or court has yet reviewed any of the charges or any evidence in support of them.

We are concerned by the disregard for the basic norms that guide the conduct of criminal investigations and similar prosecutions in a democratic justice system. No mature and responsible investigator or prosecutor, who is aware of his or her role in the justice process, should make statements of this nature. This is not only in complete contradiction to the presumption of innocence, but at best demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding, or at worst, a total disregard for the basic principles of criminal justice.

Simply put, whether a prosecutor has “proved” a case against a defendant to the required standard is a matter for the reviewing court alone. SPAK’s public statement appears to have been designed to cause maximum prejudice against Mr. Veliaj, both in public opinion and in any court. This conduct is consistent with SPAK’s actions throughout the investigation, where repeated, systematic, and gross violations of due process occurred.

This is a process that:

• was initiated on the basis of an anonymous and falsified complaint;
• was conducted for a period of at least 7 months, without any valid legal authorization;
• was based on the opening of private correspondence without court authorization and provision of law;
• included self-incriminating statements obtained under duress;
• was directed by an individual who has never been a legal prosecutor of the Republic;
• flagrantly violated the investigative deadlines established by law;
• brutally denied the right to defense and objections to the investigation.

Mr. Veliaj has been assigned an extraordinary and completely disproportionate security measure, at a time when he is exercising a constitutional mandate as the elected Mayor of Tirana, with the support of 160 thousand citizens who entrusted him with the leadership of the largest Albanian-speaking city.

We, as legal representatives of Mr. Veliaj, remain determined to dismantle, line by line, every claim raised in this rigged process. Not only to protect the first citizen of Tirana, who has exercised his function with constitutional responsibility and devotion, but to protect the very trust of citizens in justice and constitutional order.

Every line of that request filed in court will be dismantled there and then, based on the law.


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