SPAK has sent the mayor of Roskovec, Majlinda Bufi, to trial, accused of the criminal offense of "Use of public office for political or electoral activity". In the SPAK announcement, it is announced that according to the investigations, Bufi is suspected of having asked a citizen not to participate in the May 14, 2023 elections and not to be involved in the activities of other parties, by exerting pressure through references to social assistance and an unauthorized construction found by the IMT. An audio recording was also published in the media where the mayor appears to ask the citizen to "not go to vote at all".
SPAK says that the request was made under pressure from administrative measures, however, the citizen with the initials GB exercised his right to vote on election day.
SPAK announcement
SPAK sends the Mayor of Roskovec to trial for "Use of public office for political or electoral activity"
The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime has completed the investigations and on November 14, 2025, sent for trial criminal proceeding no. 98 of 2023, against the defendant, Majlinda Bufi, in the capacity of Mayor of Roskovec. She is accused of the criminal offense, “Use of public office for political or electoral activity”, provided for by Article 328/a/3 of the Criminal Code.
From the analysis of the acts and evidence administered, during the investigations conducted for this criminal proceeding, it results that the defendant Majlinda Bufi, in her capacity as Mayor of Roskovec, in violation of the law, has asked the citizen, GB, not to participate in the voting for the local elections of May 14, 2023 and not to be involved in the electoral activities of other political parties. On 6.5.2023, at 14:04, the article entitled, “Don’t dare to vote – Another scandalous audio recording of the Mayor of Roskovec is published” was published in the media. The transcript of this recording shows that the defendant Majlinda Bufi appears outraged by the citizen GB, who was a beneficiary of the Municipality’s social program, “Improvement of Housing Conditions for Poor and Disadvantaged Families”, approved by Decision of the Municipal Council no. 40 dated 01.3.2022.
The investigations established that despite the social and economic conditions of GB's family favoring him as a beneficiary, the property for which support was requested was not an existing dwelling, but a newly constructed property, with documentary deficiencies on ownership. Despite these circumstances, it appears that the defendant was aware of his inclusion in the program.
The investigation revealed that prior to the recorded meeting with the Mayor, Majlinda Bufi, before the elections on May 14, 2023, employees of the IMT Municipality, Roskovec, had gone to the apartment of citizen GB, demanding an account of the works carried out and the prohibition of their continuation.
Then, it turns out that the citizen, GB, held a meeting at the Municipality premises with the defendant, Majlinda Bufi. The conversation was conducted in a form of pressure, mentioning that the works were in excess of the aid and that the citizen GB had carried out construction without a permit. Among other things, in this meeting, the defendant Majlinda Bufi mentioned to him the fact that she had sent him messages, where the citizen in question said victory to the opposition candidate. The defendant, Majlinda Bufi, with the claim to "save" the citizen GB from this illegal situation, in which he was allegedly in, requested: "from this moment until the elections are over, not to open his mouth, not to speak neither he nor his family but to mind his own business, to stay at home and not to go to vote at all in the elections of May 14, 2023."
The request of the defendant Majlinda Bufi, addressed to the citizen GB, was made under the threat of administrative measures and against his will. He exercised his right to vote on May 14, 2023, as was his will.
