26 October 2021

The Public Commissioner was present today at the Appeal Chamber while continued the judicial review of the appeal filed against the Decision no. 332/2021, of the Independent Qualification Commission, of the assessee, Mrs. Lindita Male (Ziguri) former prosecutor of Tirana District Prosecution Office, at present holds the position of Magistrate Inspector at the Inspectors Unit in the High Inspector of Justice.

Following the verification of the parties’ presence, the presiding judge was addressed to the Public Commissioner and the assessee whether they would submit preliminary requests before the announcement of the intermediate decision of the adjudication panel regarding the further judicial investigation.

The Public Commissioner referred that based on the verification of the acts, which were provided by the assessee in the previous hearing, was established that regarding the appeal ground for a possible conflict of interest, are lacking data from the Prosecution authority regarding the two citizens, which upon the documents submitted by the assessee herself result as creditors to the related person to her (her spouse).

The assessee explained that the lacking documentation referred by the Public Commissioner was due to the lack of proper coordination of the acts, while stated her preparedness to their ensuring.

The adjudication panel, after consultation in the deliberation room and during the hearing, decided to accept the request of the Public Commissioner for further investigation of the case. With reference to the appeal grounds, as well as the cases verified mostly by the adjudication panel, the latter addressed the relevant inquiries to several state institutions and trading companies.

In order to provide time for the administration of the acts by the above institutions, the adjudication panel decided to adjourn the hearing session on November 18, 2021, at 10.00 a.m.

Pursuant to paragraph 1, Article 16 of the regulation of the Institution of Public Commissioners, the appeal and elements 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 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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