2026-09-25 13:53:00Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The Tirana Municipal Council requests the participation of Mayor Erion Veliaj in the meeting of September 29, scheduled to take place at 3:00 PM. For this purpose, SPAK and the General Directorate of Prisons have been asked to enable his presence. The letter requests that Veliaj be granted temporary permission to physically participate in the meeting or, if this is not possible, to connect online via video conference. According to the request, the mayor's participation is also related to the review of Tirana administration issues and the draft law on administrative-territorial division. The Council requests that the institutions provide a written response to their decision-making.

"The Municipal Council will meet on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at 3:00 PM, in the Municipal Council hall, to review, among other things, item 11 of the agenda, where the obligation to express an official position on the draft law "On the administrative-territorial division of local government units in the Republic of Albania" belongs to both the Mayor of Tirana and the Tirana Municipal Council.

Based on what has been said above and referring to the decision of the Constitutional Court No. 66, dated 03.11.2025, but also given that the participation of the Mayor is a functional right guaranteed by law, necessary for the presentation of drafts, budgets, annual reports and administration issues of the local self-government unit, we ask that, if restrictive measures are being applied to him, it be assessed:

• temporary permission for physical participation,
or, if this is not possible,
• enabling his participation through an appropriate communication modality (online, videoconference or other approved form).

The Municipal Council is ready to fully cooperate with any security, protocol or logistical requests of your institutions, in order to guarantee a legal, transparent and functional process.

"Please inform us in writing about your decision-making, taking into account the importance of respecting the institutional functions and the right of the Mayor to report to the Municipal Council," the request states.



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