SPAK asks the Assembly to lift Belinda Balluku's immunity

The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime, based on Articles 73, 95 and 103 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, Article 288 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as well as Articles 13 and 118 of the Regulation of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania, within the framework of criminal proceedings no. 136 of 2025, has submitted a request for authorization from the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the arrest/deprivation of liberty of the deputy/minister/deputy prime minister:

Belinda Balluku, born and residing in Tirana, who exercises the functions of MP, minister and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania.

This citizen has been taken as a defendant in criminal proceedings no. 136 of 2025, as she is accused of committing the following criminal offense:

"Violation of equality of participants in tenders or public auctions", committed in collaboration, provided for by articles 258/2 and 25 of the Criminal Code, in relation to the procurement procedure with the object "Construction of the Llogara tunnel".

Also, citizen Belinda Balluku has been placed under investigation on suspicion of committing the same criminal offense for seven other procurement procedures with the following objectives:

“Completion, reconciliation and continuation of the works Sheshi Shqiponja-River of Tirana, Lot 1 and QMT”;
“Construction of the road segment Sheshi Shqiponja-Bulevardi i Ri, Lot 2”;
“Construction of the road segment Sheshi Shqiponja-Bulevardi i Ri-Shkozë, Bridges over the Tirana River”;
“Construction of the Outer Ring Road of Tirana, Lot 4”;
“Construction of the Outer Ring Road of Tirana, Lot 5”;
“Construction of the Outer Ring Road of Tirana, Lot 6”;
“Construction of the Outer Ring Road of Tirana, Lot 7”.
This request aims to obtain authorization from the Parliament for further legal proceedings.

Clarification: Every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a final judicial decision.

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