2025-11-25 All day
The Appeal Chamber held on 13.11.2025, at 09:00, the public hearing of case (JR) 53/2023, dated 09.11.2023, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 702, dated 27.09.2023 of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Agron Bushati.
During the submission of the final conclusions on the proficiency assessment criteria, Mr. Klodjan Braho, the representative of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office, maintained that the assessee’s violations amount to such gravity that they qualify as undermining public trust in the justice system, under Article 61, paragraph 5, of Law no. 84/2016. Finally, the representative of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office requested the Chamber the amendment of decision no. 702, dated 27.09.2023 of the Independent Qualification Commission.
The legal representative of the assessee stated that the request for the extreme measure of dismissal from office of the representative of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office, pursuant to Article 61, paragraph 5, violation of public trust in the justice system, conflicts with the legal provisions set forth in the Annex to the Constitution, the special law, but also the case-law of the Appeal Chamber. According to the legal representative, the reference to this article could only be made if there was an overall evaluation of the three assessment criteria, while Mr. Bushati has reached a reliable level in the other two criteria, the asset and background ones. Also, with respect to the episodes alleged as grounds that have violated public trust, the legal representative stated that there is a complete lack of causal connection that could lead to the presumed violation of public trust.
After hearing the final positions of the parties, the trial panel decided to close the judicial review of the case and withdrew in chambers to make the final decision, which it shall announce on 25.11.2025, at 10:00.
The public hearing shall take place at the premises of the Appeal Chamber, at Boulevard “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, no. 3, Tirana.