04 November 2019
The Public Commissioner was present today at the Appeal Chamber, while continued the judicial review of the appeal filed against the Decision no. 58/2018, of the Independent Qualification Commission, for the subject of re-evaluation Mr. Besnik Muçi, currently assigned judge by the Constitutional Court.
During today’s hearing, the Adjudication Panel became acquainted with the opinions of the parties over the information forwarded by the Prosecution Office by the First Instance Court for Serious Crimes, Tirana, and Prosecution Office by First Instance Court, Tirana, requested by the Appeal Chamber due to the judicial investigation.
The Public Commissioner, did not expressed himself related to the relevant information, whereas the subject of re-evaluation, during the submission of the evidence, sought to the adjudication panel by request of the citizen A.L., who was referred to the information of CISD, to deposit in the capacity of evidence two additional documents that according to him, might constitute an essential element of innocence attributed to the related person.
The Adjudication Panel, by interim decision, administered in the capacity of evidence were based solely on the acts in Albanian language, while considering as implausible the other evidence deposited by the subject of re-evaluation.
The next hearing session shall be held on November 7, 2019, at 09:30.a.m.
Pursuant to point 1, Article 16 of the Regulation “On the Activity of the Institution of Public Commissioners”, the appeal and the element 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 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”.
The Public Commissioners represent the public interest during the transitional re-evaluation process of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania.