08 August 2019

The Public Commissioner, within the time limit, filed an appeal to the Appeal Chamber by the Constitutional Court against the Decision no. 161/2019, of the Independent Qualification Commission, for the subject of re-evaluation Mr .Kastriot Selita, magistrate /judge, President of the Administrative Court of Appeal , Tirana.

In the assessment of the Public Commissioner, in the present case, the judicial inquiry of the Independent Qualification Commission on all three re-evaluation criteria is incomplete, consequently, does not meet the conditions on the confirmation in duty of Mr. Kastriot Selita.

In addition to the recommendation of the Commission issued by three international observers of IMO, to appeal the decision 161/2019, of the Independent Qualification Commission, the Public Commissioner, through this appeal, requests from the Appeal Chamber to adjudicate over all three re-evaluation criteria and, at the conclusion of the examination of the appeal, in reliance on the results of the judicial proceedings , to decide to modify or uphold the aforementioned decision of the Independent Qualification Commission.

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/ankime/

The Institution of Public Commissioners has been established and operates under Article 179/b  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 process of re-evaluation of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania.​

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