SP MP Ulsi Manja, member of the Council of Mandates and Immunities, presented today the report in the framework of SPAK's request, which calls for the arrest of Belinda Balluku. In the presence of the socialists, Manja claimed that SPAK's narrative that Balluku could destroy evidence or escape is hypothetical, since she has already been dismissed from her functions and is only an MP.

"Today we submit the SPAK report on the authorization for the arrest of Belinda Balluku. I thank my colleagues in the Council of Mandates and Immunities for treating this matter seriously. We have discussed the relationship and claims of the parties in the Council and have reached an agreement on this report.

Today, as we discuss this report, a new reality has occurred. We are faced with a new institutional reality. MP Balluku no longer exercises functions in the Council of Ministers. Consequently, the measure of suspension from office no longer produces any real legal consequences.

Even the SPAK narrative on which the request is built, such as the “risk of evidence tampering” or escape, remains hypothetical. We have seen attempts to move this issue to a media tribunal. Therefore, it is imperative that we, as a parliamentary majority, speak clearly, separate politics from justice and noise from facts.

Honorable colleagues, SPAK's request, in fact, in the case of Balluk, differs from other requests that have come to the Albanian Parliament for authorization to detain or search a home, as it is not a request for a security measure for the first time.

"The Assembly is asked to replace a personal security measure, the effects of which are in force, such as a ban on leaving the country, with a more severe security measure, that of arrest, for a criminal offense that SPAK has been investigating since August 2024," he said.