01 June 2021
The Public Commissioner was present today at the Appeal Chamber while continued the judicial review of the appeal filed against the Decision no. 231/2020, of the Independent Qualification Commission, for the subject of re-evaluation, Mr. Anton Martini, commanded prosecutor at the Prosecution Office of the First Instance Court, Tiranë.
The presiding judge, after verifying the presence of the parties in the hearing, invited the Public Commissioner and the subject of the re-evaluation to present the final arguments.
The Public Commissioner, in submitting the final conclusions, standing for all the appeal grounds and the content of the written elements submitted during the trial of the case in the Appeal Chamber, requested the amendment of decision no. 231/2020, of the Independent Qualification Commission and the dismissal from office of the subject of re-evaluation Mr. Anton Martini.
The subject of re-evaluation amid his legal representative initially repeated the argument in terms of non-acceptance of the appeal due to the fact of time limit exceeded. Afterwards, the legal representative in his final conclusions sustained his objections for the appeal grounds of the Public Commissioner. Meanwhile the subject of re-evaluation himself opposed the submissions of the Public Commissioner, and eventually requested that the decision no. 231/2020, of the Independent Qualification Commission, to be upheld and his confirmation in office.
The adjudication panel after hearing the final conclusions of the parties closed the judicial review and withdrew in the deliberation room in order to state the decision which shall be announced in the following session on June 10, 2021, at 15:00 p.m.
Pursuant to point 1, Article 16, of the regulation of the Institution of Public Commissioners, the appeal and elements of 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”.
Public Commissioners represent the public interest during the transitional re-evaluation process of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania.