Endri Shabani
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- VERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Endri Shabani elected People's Advocate with PS votes after PD signatures (Shqiptarja) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 12 Dec 2025 · journalism · SQ
- Procedura dhe votimi ne Kuvend te shpallen antikushtetuese (BalkanWeb) (opens in a new tab)BalkanWeb · 29 Sep 2026 · journalism · SQ
- GJK rrezoi kerkesen e PD per zgjedhjen e avokatit te popullit (BalkanWeb) (opens in a new tab)BalkanWeb · 29 Sep 2026 · journalism · SQ
- UNDER_INVESTIGATIONFrom the research record · cites:
- U zgjodh Avokat i Popullit me firmat e PD dhe votat e PS: Endri Shabani i befasuar (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 12 Dec 2025 · journalism · SQ
- GJK rrezoi kërkesën e PD për zgjedhjen e Avokatit të Popullit (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · Dec 2025 · journalism · SQ
- VERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Elected People's Advocate by the Albanian Parliament on 11 December 2025 with 85 votes, with the opposition not taking part in the ballot. Reporting attributes the votes to the Socialist Party together with the Social Democratic Party (PSD), without a party breakdown. PD deputies had signed support for several candidates and later withdrew their signatures. PD asked the Constitutional Court to annul the election; the Court rejected the request on 29 September 2026. Shabani said he respects the decision.
Response from Endri Shabani
Shabani said he was surprised that opposition deputies first encouraged his candidacy and then abandoned it, and that majority deputies had initially refused to sign but voted for him in the end (his social media post, as reported by Shqiptarja). He said the Court's decision answers every question about the procedure.
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- Biography
- Elected People's Advocate by the Albanian Parliament on 11 December 2025 with 85 votes, with the opposition not taking part in the ballot. Reporting attributes the votes to the Socialist Party together with the Social Democratic Party (PSD), without a party breakdown. PD deputies had signed support for several candidates and later withdrew their signatures. PD asked the Constitutional Court to annul the election; the Court rejected the request on 29 September 2026. Shabani said he respects the decision.From the research record
- Elected Ombudsman by the Assembly on 11 Dec 2025 after a long deadlock between PS and PD. He was nominated after PD had initially backed candidates with signatures and later withdrew them. PD challenged the procedure at the Constitutional Court, which rejected the challenge (per Balkanweb headline).From the research record
- Legal status detail
- No criminal proceeding against him found in the sources read.From the research record
- No legal status found in this search.From the research record
- Response
- Shabani said he was surprised that opposition deputies first encouraged his candidacy and then abandoned it, and that majority deputies had initially refused to sign but voted for him in the end (his social media post, as reported by Shqiptarja). He said the Court's decision answers every question about the procedure.From the research record
- Quoted (Shqiptarja, 12 Dec 2025) calling the majority's vote 'an act of political maturity' (translated) and saying he was surprised by the opposition's conduct.From the research record
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Open the map →Elected People's Advocate
Evidence: Elected 11 Dec 2025 with 85 votes (Shqiptarja, BalkanWeb).
PS (with PSD) votes Shabani in
Evidence: Reporting attributes the 85 votes to PS together with PSD; no party breakdown given.
PD signed support, then withdrew
Evidence: Shqiptarja reports PD deputies signed for six candidates and later withdrew signatures; PD then challenged the vote at the Constitutional Court.
PS (with PSD) elects Ombudsman with 85 votes after PD withdrew signatures
Evidence: Shqiptarja (12 Dec 2025): 85 votes; PD had signed for candidates then withdrew its signatures. Balkanweb reports the Constitutional Court rejected PD's challenge.
Shabani alleges public PD-PS agreement on amnesty and Electoral Code (Nov 2024)
Evidence: Balkanweb (1 Nov 2024, fetched): Shabani's words; PD's Edmond Spaho replies 'S'kemi bashkuar votat me PS'.
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · 12 Dec 2025
Shabani's post: opposition deputies first encouraged him and then 'vendosen ta braktisnin kandidaturen time' (decided to abandon my candidacy) (translated); majority deputies had refused to sign but voted for him, 'madje me votë të fshehtë' (even by secret ballot) (translated).
Speaker: Endri Shabani
u zgjodh avokat i popullit me firmat e pd dhe votat e ps (Shqiptarja) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 12 Dec 2025 · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
Reporting says PD deputies signed support for six candidates and later withdrew; 35 opposition deputies are reported to have signed for Shabani (his figure; names not given in the article). No secret-ballot count is given in the sources read.
- Procedura dhe votimi ne Kuvend te shpallen antikushtetuese (BalkanWeb) (opens in a new tab)BalkanWeb · 29 Sep 2026 · journalism · SQ
What was said · 12 Dec 2025
Quoted by Shqiptarja: the majority's vote was 'an act of political maturity' (translated). He said he remained surprised by the opposition's conduct.
Speaker: Endri Shabani
U zgjodh Avokat i Popullit me firmat e PD dhe votat e PS (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 12 Dec 2025 · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
Shqiptarja reports PD had signed for six candidates and later withdrew its signatures; Shabani says 35 opposition deputies had signed and then abandoned his candidacy. The sources do not agree on how many PD deputies voted for him.
- GJK rrezoi kërkesën e PD për zgjedhjen e Avokatit të Popullit (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · Dec 2025 · journalism · SQ
What was said · 1 Nov 2024
Speaking as Nisma Thurje leader in a Balkanweb debate, Shabani said: 'Ju keni marrëveshje me PS-në, publike. Amnistia, Kodi Zgjedhor.' (You have a public agreement with the PS: the amnesty, the Electoral Code.) He also said PD 'amnestied the corrupt' ('amnistuat të korruptuarit').
Speaker: Endri Shabani
Balkanweb exchange: Shabani and Spaho (1 Nov 2024, fetched) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 1 Nov 2024 · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
The 2024 amnesty is documented as a PS-DP agreement (Top Channel, 3 Apr 2024) and the EC report says it pardoned 40 SPAK-convicted persons (dc-07, dc-08). The Electoral Code claim is not supported by any source read. Spaho's reply: 'S'kemi bashkuar votat me PS'.
- Opposition DP unites the votes for the amnesty law (Top Channel) (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · 3 Apr 2024 · journalism · EN
Timeline
Parliament
Parliament elects Endri Shabani People's Advocate (85 votes); opposition does not vote
Vote carried by PS with PSD help, per reporting; PD had signed support for candidates and then withdrew. Shabani's post says majority deputies had first refused to sign and then voted for him, including by secret ballot. The party-level split of the 85 votes is not in the sources read.
Linked: Endri Shabani · Sali Berisha
Parliament
Assembly elects Endri Shabani as Ombudsman with 85 votes; PD had withdrawn its signatures
Shqiptarja (12 Dec 2025) reports 85 votes for Endri Shabani, from PS and the Social Democrats; PD had backed six candidates with signatures, later withdrew its signatures and asked to remove the item. Shabani says 35 opposition deputies had signed for him and later abandoned his candidacy. Balkanweb (headline) reports that the Constitutional Court rejected PD's challenge to the procedure. Sources differ on how the 85 split by party and on PD's position, so the breakdown is unresolved. The Ombudsman post had been deadlocked since 2023 (Shqiptarja).
Linked: Endri Shabani · Edi Rama
Court
Constitutional Court rejects PD request to annul Shabani's election as Ombudsman
PD had argued the Assembly procedure, and questions of Shabani's eligibility, were unconstitutional. The Court found the procedure consistent with the Constitution, per BalkanWeb. The decision number and reasoning are not in the article.
Linked: Endri Shabani · Sali Berisha
Sources for this record
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Source label: VerifiedVerified · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- 12 Dec 2025
- Publisher
- BalkanWeb
- Date
- 29 Sep 2026
- Publisher
- BalkanWeb
- Date
- 29 Sep 2026
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 1 Nov 2024
- Publisher
- Top Channel
- Date
- 3 Apr 2024