Ilir Meta, leader of the Freedom Party and a former president, has submitted a document of more than 100 pages, dated November 12, 2026, to the Special Court. In it, he makes procedural requests for his trial, challenges the way SPAK has interpreted the evidence and asks the court to admit additional documents and information on several matters related to the charges.
Among his requests is one concerning LSI’s lobbying in the US. Meta asks the court to obtain information from the US Department of Justice about LSI’s agreement with the company GSIS: the payments, the services provided and the people who approved the expenditures. He also wants clarification on whether illegal funds were used in carrying out the contract.
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Another part of the document concerns the financial expert assessment included in the preliminary investigation, which Meta disputes. He asks ILDKPKI for information on how public officials’ per diem allowances and income have been treated in asset declarations over the years.
Meta also asks for witnesses to be questioned and for certain statements to be excluded. According to the defense, those statements were not admitted in accordance with procedural rules.
The document also raises the issue of monitoring Meta’s meetings with his lawyer. He asks the court to ensure the confidentiality of his communications with his legal counsel, claiming that the surveillance undermines his right to an effective defense.
In closing, Meta calls the prosecution’s interpretations arbitrary and lacking in objectivity, and asks the court to examine the claims and evidence he presents during the trial.
