The Chairman of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group, Taulant Balla, said that the majority does not make any comments on specific names regarding the investigations into Belinda Balluku, who was officially named a defendant by SPAK.
Asked if the Socialist Party will support Balluk in her work now that SPAK has communicated the charges, Balla gave this answer:
" SP, even in the discussions we had last week regarding the reporting of justice institutions, we have been clear that we will never make comments on the merits and issues that justice institutions handle. Officially, SP does not make comments on any specific issues ."
Belinda Balluku was also indicted for this tender, on Friday, October 31. The government's number two was charged with violating equality in tenders.
As part of the investigation of this criminal proceeding, on 31.10.2025, the defendant Belinda Balluku, with the high state function, Minister of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, was notified of the charges, accused of committing the criminal offense, " Violation of equality of participants in public tenders or auctions ", in collaboration, provided for by articles 258/2 and 25 of the Criminal Code.
Up to this stage of the preliminary investigation, the criminal facts, the subject of the indictment against the defendant Belinda Balluku, relate to her actions, in her capacity as Minister of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, for one of the procurement procedures, the subject of this investigation, "Construction of the Llogara Tunnel", on the Orikum-Himarë road section, part of the SH8 highway (Vlorë-Sarandë), conducted on 11.12.2020 and after its cancellation, the procedure was reopened on 22.6.2021, with a limit fund of 18 967 810 952.08 (eighteen billion nine hundred sixty-seven million eight hundred ten thousand nine hundred fifty-two (point) zero eight) lekë excluding VAT.