It was not explained to me why I was arrested! What Erion Veliaj stated in court
2025-02-12 21:09:56
TiranaPost
Other details have emerged from the over 6-hour long hearing held at the Criminal Court for the reassessment of the security measure against Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj.
"It has not been explained to me today why I am arrested. I, a mayor who was voted in by the people of Tirana, have done my duty. I have taken revenge on my family because I worked on Saturdays and Sundays, and even on holidays."
"But cursed be he who works in this country, that he becomes the object of attack and finds himself in this situation that I am in today. The villa in Qerret is not ours, it is natural that my child's toys will be there and that my wife is an only child and my mother-in-law and I don't know why it seems so unnatural that the child's toys are at the grandmother's house," Veliaj is reported to have said in the courtroom.
