15 July 2021

The Public Commissioner within the legal time limit filed an appeal at the Appeal Chamber by the Constitutional Court against the Decision no. 393/2021, of the Independent Qualification Commission, for the subject of re-evaluation, Mr. Gerd Hoxha, judge at Tirana Court of First Instance.

The Public Commissioner based on his constitutional and legal competence, in the assessment of the recommendation of the International Monitoring Operation (IMO) ascertains that, from the review of the decision no. 393/2021, of the Independent Qualification Commission and its accompanying acts emerge legal and factual circumstances which make the decision in its entirety vulnerable.

The Public Commissioner requests that the grounds of the appeal to be reviewed from the Appeal Chamber and, after the College has conducted a thorough investigation and evaluation of the results of the administrative investigation related to the subject of the re-evaluation, to decide to uphold the decision no. 393/2021, of the Independent Qualification Commission, otherwise its amendment.

Pursuant to point 1, Article 16 of the Regulation “On the Activity of the Institution of Public Commissioners”, the appeal and the IMO recommendation 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 process of re-evaluation of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania.​

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