09 June 2020

The Public Commissioner within the legal time limit filed an appeal at the Appeal Chamber, by the Constitutional Court against the Decision no. 249/2020, of the Independent Qualification Commission, for the subject of re-evaluation, Mr. Piro Samara, Inspector at the former High Council of Justice.

In the Public Commissioner’s perspective, the decision no. 249/2020, of the Independent Qualification Commission, has not been taken in full compliance with the legal provision, the Annex of the Constitution, along with the judicial practice directions of the Appeal Chamber by the Constitutional Court.

Based on the content of paragraph 3, Article F of the Annex of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, the Public Commissioner, through this appeal, requests from the Appeal Chamber with regard to the deficiency in the decision-making of the Independent Qualification Commission, that it can be adjusted after the review of the case in hearing session.

Pursuant to point 1, Article 16 of the Regulation “On the Activity of the Institution of Public Commissioners”, the appeal is published on the official website of this institution: http://ikp.al/

The Institution of Public Commissioners has been established and operates under Article 179/b of the Annex of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania and Law No. 84/2016, “On the Transitional Re-evaluation of Judges and Prosecutors in the Republic of Albania”.

Public Commissioners represent the public interest during the transitional process of re-evaluation of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania.​

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