Ilir Meta's lawyer, Kujtim Cakrani, targeted the preliminary hearing judge Irena Gjoka, who he said told her to her face in the courtroom that he was being blackmailed by prosecutors because he was under investigation.
"We will maintain our position regarding Irena Gjoka, with this it is difficult to continue the process. I am present there, she suspends the deadlines because a lawyer of another defendant is absent. The decisions state that when the defendant's lawyer is absent without reason. I am there, I am present, and she continues to suspend. What can I do to Gjoka when she is being blackmailed. I told her to her face that the prosecutors are blackmailing you and investigating you. Her problem is that she has deceived justice," said Cakrani.