"You failed with the task force on electoral crime", Dumani tells Bylykbashi: I brought you the prosecutors in the middle of the night! Together we...

2025-10-14 17:34:04Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Head of SPAK, Altin Dumani / DP MP, Oerd Bylykbashi

SPAK head Altin Dumani is answering questions from lawmakers in the Laws Committee.

The first question to him was directed by Democratic MP Oerd Bylykbashi. He accused SPAK of failing to prevent electoral crime by establishing a special task force from SPAK prosecutors.

Bylykbashi said that opposition MPs cannot wait to burn 3 or 4 elections, while SPAK is currently investigating electoral crimes from elections four years ago.

But SPAK leader Dumani did not share the same stance. He said that the SPAK task force has room for improvement, but it cannot be said that it has failed. While mentioning some statistics, Dumani said that there was also direct communication with Bylykbashi during the elections in Durrës, and he even sent prosecutors to him whenever there were allegations, to verify the situation on the ground.

Dumani also pointed out the immaturity of the opposition, saying that while they were sending prosecutors evidence of electoral crimes, television news headlines were showing that in this or that country "votes are being bought."

Excerpt from Duman's statement to SPAK:

We, in implementation of the recommendations of the Assembly, created a task force, but I cannot say that the task force has failed. There is room for improvement, but it has not failed. We have taken every report from every party seriously, also carrying out verifications on the ground. As far as it is concerned, we have evaluated all the referrals received, regardless of whether they came from ordinary citizens, we have registered 44 criminal proceedings. In reality, all the necessary actions have been taken by SPAK. Currently, we have a mayor accused of active corruption. This is a case where we have seen massive corruption. We have another mayor under investigation, we have several people under investigation and arrested for these elections. We also have 38 criminal proceedings, which we are pursuing with priority. We must bear in mind that we are an institution with 20 prosecutors, we are neither the state police nor customs. We have also had a communication together, we have verified every claim of yours, we have sent a prosecutor even in the middle of the night. Some things need to be said as they are. And you went and thanked him. But Mr. Deputy, as we are organizing the work to investigate the case, we see in the media that votes are being bought in this country. We have Mr. Gjoni, we have brought and verified every claim. We 20 prosecutors are, I said, I wish we had no case, I am just as concerned as you about vote buying. But these are the capacities and possibilities of SPAK.


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