Jurgis Çyrbja

His lawyer Ilir Murati told the court there was no evidence for the acts charged and asked SPAK to specify which classified secret was allegedly leaked (Shqiptarja). On appeal he asked for the ruling to be annulled and the case retried.

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• Source label: Unverified

  Electoral support is traded for protection and favours

  Courts have now confirmed cases where votes were bought for the Socialist Party (Kurbin, 2025) and where a Socialist MP leaked police secrets to a wanted man who helped him win votes (Jurgis Çyrbja). The 2016 Dibra recordings and the 2025 OSCE findings on vote buying and links to crime point the same way. The pattern suggests that some candidates rely on people who expect protection in return.

  Evidence for

  • Appeal court upheld Jurgis Çyrbja's conviction for electoral corruption and passing police secrets (24 April 2026).
  • Special Court convicted three people of buying votes for the PS in Kurbin (5 February 2026).
  • OSCE/ODIHR reported vote buying and party links to crime in the 2025 election.

  Evidence against

  • No court has found that party leaders organised these acts.
  • Opposition candidates have also been convicted of vote buying.
  • The Dibra 2016 file was largely time-barred and never tried.
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  Votes in exchange for protection: some PS candidates may have relied on people linked to crime for electoral support

  In the Çyrbja case a court found that a sitting PS MP leaked police secrets to a wanted man who helped him get votes. Together with OSCE observers' reports of vote buying and party links to crime in the 2025 election, the Kurbin vote-buying conviction, and earlier cases already in the archive, this suggests a pattern where electoral support is traded for protection or favours. Whether it is a party practice or the conduct of individuals is not established.

  Evidence for

  • Court-confirmed conviction of PS MP Jurgis Çyrbja for electoral corruption combined with leaking police secrets (2025–2026).
  • First-instance conviction for buying votes for the PS in Kurbin in the 2025 campaign (February 2026).
  • OSCE/ODIHR reported vote buying and party links to crime in the 2025 election (already recorded in the archive).

  Evidence against

  • No court has found that the party leadership organised or knew of these acts.
  • The Kurbin defendants are private individuals; no candidate was named.
  • Opposition candidates have also been convicted of vote buying (e.g. Himarë, Rrogozhinë), so the practice is not limited to one party.

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