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The Ahmetaj case, the most blatant evidence of how SPAK is used for clientelistic interests... and no one is held accountable!
If we seek to truly understand how justice is being used in Albania, there is no clearer example than the Arben Ahmetaj case.
" Pamphlet " published details from the " Buka " file yesterday and this file is a big minus for justice, as SPAK publicly admits that there is no evidence of damage to the state, but continues to prosecute him as if he were an enemy of the state.
To be clear. For almost three years, SPAK built the case on the argument that Ahmetaj had violated the law and harmed public interests. This was not just an accusation, it was the pillar on which SPAK based the order to take the defendant. In the request for judgment, SPAK clearly writes: “The subject has favored buyers and has caused financial damage to the Albanian state.”
But the moment the case reached the courtroom, prosecutor Elvin Gokaj suddenly changed his line: “We did not say that the state was harmed, but the citizens,” he told the jury. And to further soften the absurdity, he called this change a “slip.”
A slip that collapses the entire structure of the accusation. A slip that, after three years of investigation, blows up all of SPAK's claims of "state damage" and "corruptive favoritism." And the question that arises is simple: if the entire file was based on a false claim, why is it still standing? Why is prison still being sought for a person who, according to the prosecutor himself, has not harmed the state?
Furthermore, it is SPAK's own conduct during the investigation that casts serious doubts on the integrity of the process. The court has on several occasions asked the prosecution to deepen the investigations, to conduct an expert assessment of the value of the enterprise; to clarify whether there is real and measurable financial damage. But SPAK has chosen not to implement these orders. It has even tried to divide the case into two parts, a method that serves more to artificially keep the accusation alive than to uncover the truth.
This is not the first time that a SPAK prosecutor has ignored court requests. The same scheme was followed in the “Sterilization” file, where Ilir Beqaj was initially excluded from the investigation in a selective manner. There too, only the court’s intervention forced SPAK to include him as a defendant, but without implementing the recommendations for an in-depth investigation as a structured criminal group. There too, SPAK maintained a minimal stance, with a security measure of “compulsory appearance” for one of the key figures in the affair.
In July, another blatant mistake: Ilir Lloshi is arrested by SPAK as part of a drug ring. After a court appearance, it turns out that he had no connection to the group, only the name and address matched. He was simply the wrong person. But again, no one resigned. No one was held accountable.
The same is true of the case with Erion Veliaj's dossier, where SPAK described him as "convicted" without any judicial decision. A fundamental error in the official document. It was accepted as a "technical error". And nothing more.
But who is responsible for these scandals? Who controls a body that holds the fate of the country in its hands? In any normal country, a prosecutor who makes such mistakes would have to be held accountable. To date, there is no information from the ILD about investigations or "retractions" against SPAK prosecutors.
Justice that does not provide accountability is justice that can be used for clientelistic purposes. And when used politically, it becomes a weapon. /Pamphlet
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