"If they appoint Babatas' donkey as prosecutor, would you issue a decree?"/ What happened in Veliaj's trial against prosecutor Dado (Full)

2026-04-03 16:01:57Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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The moment when Veliaj arrives at the court premises, accompanied by police forces

For a little over an hour, a court hearing was held this Friday at the Administrative Court regarding the lawsuit filed by the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, against special prosecutor Ols Dado. More specifically, regarding the invalidity of the 2008 decree of the then President of the Republic (Bamir Topi), appointing prosecutor Dado.

Dado was not present in the courtroom, but his lawyer, Erarbër Madhi. Unlike the trial that took place at the GJKKO, Erion Veliaj and his lawyer, Plarent Ndreca, were present at this session.

The Presidency was represented by Sara Bërdullima, while the representative of the KLP was Danja Hobdari. Meanwhile, the state attorney's office was absent. There were a number of discussions in this preparatory session for the parties, however, the next one is scheduled for May 8, at 2:00 PM.

The court has requested that the lawsuit be settled, giving a deadline of 20 days. Otherwise, the case will be dismissed.

In a statement to journalists, lawyer Ndreca says that "the lawsuit has no shortcomings ," emphasizing that the mayor's rights have been severely violated. " The criteria for his arrest have not been met ," he said.

He argued that the main question addressed to the court is: Is Ols Dado a prosecutor or not?

Details from the discussions in the hall

Lawyer Ndreca requested that the court find the 2008 presidential decree on the mandate of prosecutor Olsi Dado invalid, emphasizing that there are no competence or jurisdictional problems, but that the act has direct consequences on the mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj.

He argued that Dado did not meet the legal criteria to be a prosecutor, as he did not have the required experience as a magistrate, lecturer or legal advisor, and therefore the court is competent to resolve this dispute. Ndreca stressed that the absolute invalidity of the act can be requested by any institution, adding that if Dado had not been a prosecutor of the Republic, the arrest of the mayor would not have occurred.

The court raised questions about the connection between the interests of the parties and the administrative act, while the Presidency submitted archived practices, which will be reviewed together with the parties' arguments in court.

"I am not here for revenge, nor for the drama of my family and for what he has caused to my family. I am here to show what this has caused to the Municipality of Tirana. When I see people who have not finished their magistracy and arrest citizens. I am the only person who has been arrested by someone who does not exist. Nesti Angoni does not exist," Mayor Veliaj is reported to have declared.

"I have been sued for the incinerators, yesterday I won the defamation trial, with the Italian. I am afraid that all this is an intrigue. Who has Erion Veliaj harmed in his work? What prompted me to file this lawsuit is the only case in which the 2-week deadline to register a proceeding has not been registered after 7 months, when the deadline is 15 days. Many things have happened in this process.

This has nothing to do with SPAK or justice reform. 7 months of registration of proceedings and then another 1 year of registering my name. My life has been vetted. My life has been investigated…”, he added.

Veliaj : I have been asked several times to intervene for his (Ols Dados) permit on Kavaja Street, I have told him that you have no one with me, you have KKT, the directors of the municipality have also come to me and told me that this man is not a lawyer. He called me on the state phone and asked for permission for his own problems. Putting people in positions when they do not meet the criteria, not only with me, but with the municipality of Tirana. Today, I no longer sign at the municipality of Tirana. Today, the garbage is in the square, the day I was arrested I inaugurated a kindergarten in Kashar, it has been 14 months since a kindergarten has opened. No one signs anymore!

Legal representative of the Presidency : What impresses me is that the lawyer (Ndreca) refers to an article of the law, 87/37, but at that time the proposals were made by the prosecutor general, the evaluation of the candidacies was done by the Prosecutorial Council and the president is the last link. In our archive, there is only a decree, there is no relation…

Veliaj: You are saying that this proposal does not have a relation to this issue.

Presidency: With so much documentation at this time, it would not have been decreed, but at that time we do not know what the law was like.

Ols Dado's lawyer: The court should not accept the lawsuit, as the plaintiff has no legitimate interest in challenging an individual act. This act has not produced any effect for the plaintiff or for the Municipality of Tirana, as there was another prosecutor in that case.

Veliaj: Are you telling me that there is nothing in this appointment, except a letter?

Presidency: We do not have a reasoned report in the archive.

Veliaj: If they say they will appoint Babatas' donkey as a prosecutor, would you issue a decree?

(The court intervenes: Not these terms)

Veliaj: I have folklore...

Black Platoons: You must settle the lawsuit, otherwise the lawsuit will be dismissed within 20 days. The court finds that there are elements of interlocutory proceedings, you decide whether to summon the KLP as a defendant, but not as a third party.

Representative of the KLP, as a third party: The court should not accept the lawsuit, as they have no legitimate interest.


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