16 July 2021

The Public Commissioner was present today at the Appeal Chamber while continued the judicial review against the decision no. 200/2019, of the Independent Qualification Commission, for the subject of re-evaluation Mr. Besim Hajdarmataj, prosecutor at the Prosecution Office of the First Instance for Serious Crimes, Tiranë.

The presiding judge after verifying the presence of the parties in the trial invited the Public Commissioner and the subject of re-evaluation to present their final conclusions.

The Public Commissioner in stating his final conclusions stood for all the appeal grounds and the content of the written objections, presented during the trial of the case in the Appeal Chamber, requested the amendment of the decision no. 200/2019, of the Independent Qualification Commission, and the dismissal from office of the subject of re-evaluation Mr. Besim Hajdarmataj.

The subject of re-evaluation through the legal representative initially reiterated the arguments for non-acceptance of the appeal. Thereafter in his final conclusions, the legal representative sustained the objections of the grounds of the Public Commissioner’s appeal. While the subject of re-evaluation opposed to the submissions of the Public Commissioner regarding the proficiency assessment and eventually requested to uphold the decision no. 200/2019, of the Independent Qualification Commission, and his confirmation in office.

The adjudication panel following the final conclusions of the parties closed the judicial review and for the announcement of the decision, decided to adjourn the hearing on July 29.2021, at 09:00 a.m.

Pursuant to point 1, Article 16 of the regulation of the Institution of Public Commissioners, the appeal and the elements of the case are published on the official website of this institution: http://ikp.al/ankime/

The Institution of Public Commissioners has been established and operates under Article 179/b and 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”.

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

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