A hearing was held at the Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime (SCOC) on the "Partizani" case, where Violeta Shqevi testified.

Asked if she was employed by the Ministry of Culture, Shqevi stated that she had worked as a lawyer since 2007 and had subsequently held various institutional positions. Shqevi stated that the “Partizani” club was under the responsibility of the ministry and included several sports disciplines, with the exception of football. According to her, the club had various sports assets and buildings, including facilities for gymnastics, wrestling and weightlifting.

Asked by SPAK prosecutors whether these properties were registered, Shqevi said that they had not been registered and that the directorate had no clear information about the existence of a formal owner or about possible occupation issues. She added that she had requested in writing from her superiors the registration of the properties of the “Partizani” club, in order to clarify their legal status. According to her testimony, at that time concerns were also raised about the obstruction of sports activities by some family members, who, according to her, had occupied areas of the club’s territory.

Regarding the 2007 and 2008 legal changes on sports, Shqevi said that she had been part of the staff and that at that time a state strategy was followed for the transformation of sports clubs into joint-stock companies within two years. She added that, according to the discussions at that time, in addition to the transformation of the clubs, the privatization of sports facilities was also envisaged. “We have made efforts to increase the sports infrastructure, as the country had a significant lack of it,” she declared. Shqevi also said that, in the event of privatization, the state was required to guarantee the replacement of sports facilities, citing similar models such as the Romanian one for the administration of sports.

Shchevi: I was employed as a lawyer in 2007 and then I was in the position. I was in the role of the chairperson for the sports strategy for the years 2008-2020. The goal of the strategy was for elite sports, improvements and growth of the infrastructure in the country. In 2005, a 2-year objective was approved for the modernization of sports clubs. The club was under the responsibility of the Ministry of Sports, I know it as a sports club at that time we managed the entire sports club, many sports, except football. The club had assets, it had buildings, gymnastics, there was also another building that had wrestling, weightlifting.
SPAK: Where were these buildings?
Shchevi: There were two in the center of the club, how can we say below December 21, as a zone.
SPAK: How many gyms were there?
Shqevi: There was a gymnastics gym, as well as a basketball and volleyball gym. In my memory, there were other gyms.
SPAK: Have they been registered?
Shchevi: No, they were not registered, the sports directorate had no clear information about the existence of any owner, or that they were occupied. I asked my superiors...
SPAK: In June 2008, the Ministry of Tourism emerged as the initiator of the sports law. In addition to concessions, privatization also emerged. Are you aware of this?
Shqevi: At that time, in addition to the clubs, the privatization of facilities would also take place, at that time a technical group would make a strategy for improving sports. We made efforts to increase the infrastructure, since we had much smaller infrastructure for the sports part. We requested that if they were to be privatized, the state should replace them with other spaces. We were in favor of increasing the sports infrastructure. We requested the implementation of Romanian law, if privatization were to occur.