October 11, 2024

The Public Commissioner within the legal time limit filed an appeal at the Appeal Chamber by the Constitutional Court against Decision No. 762/2024, of the Independent Qualification Commission, pertaining to the assessee, Mr. Afrim Shehu, currently serving as a prosecutor at the Prosecution Office of the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction of Tirana.

The Public Commissioner, based on the review of decision no. 762/2024, and in accordance with the IMO’s recommendation, assesses that this decision is vulnerable in its entirety and contains sufficient legal grounds to be submitted for review, through an appeal, to the controlling and re-evaluating jurisdiction of the Appeal Chamber.

The Public Commissioner requests that the Appeal Chamber review the appeal grounds, and upon concluding a comprehensive investigation of the case, to decide the amendment of Decision No. 762/2024, of the Independent Qualification Commission, and the dismissal from office of the assessee Mr. Afrim Shehu.

Based on point 1, Article 16 of the regulation of the Institution of Public Commissioners, the appeal is published on the official website of this institution: https://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 process of re-evaluation of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania.​

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