2026-02-27 All day
The Special Appeal Chamber held on 03.02.2026, at 10:00, the public hearing of case (JR) 54/2023, dated 14.11.2023, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 698, dated 15.09.2023 of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Gjergji Tako.
The presiding judge announced that following the interim decision of the hearing dated 15.12.2025, the requested acts regarding the denunciation of citizen A. L have reached the Appeal Chamber from the Prosecution Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction of Tirana and the Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction of Tirana, and the parties have exercised their right to be acquainted with them. The Head of the Special Prosecution Office expressed his agreement to their admission as evidence, stating that he shall make a statement on their probative value in the final conclusions.
With regard to this denunciation, the assessee submitted additional explanatory materials and new acts enclosed, according to him, in view of a more complete investigation, which he requested to be accepted as evidence.
The trial panel decided to accept as evidence the documents forwarded by the Prosecution Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction of Tirana and the Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction of Tirana regarding the criminal proceedings against citizen A. L, addressed in the complaint lodged by this citizen with the Appeal Chamber, as well as the additional explanatory material with the attached documents submitted by the assessee in today’s hearing, in response to the complaint.
Once the parties declared that they had no other procedural requests, the trial panel decided to close the judicial investigation and invited them to present their final conclusions.
The Head of the Special Prosecution Office, referring to the proficiency assessment criteria, after evaluating the evidence, divided the appeal grounds into two groups, explaining that some of them have been remedied, while the rest show deficiencies and issues that prove a modus operandi that cannot be corrected by the training program at the School of Magistrates and that should be taken into consideration in the overall evaluation of the case, along with the problems resulting from a public denunciation and behaviors identified outside the exercise of the office, in relation to the implementation of the law, which violate the ethics of the magistrate.
Finally, the Head of the Special Prosecution Office, pursuant to Article 61, paragraph 5 of Law no. 84/2016 “On the transitional re-evaluation of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania”, requested the amendment of decision no. 698, dated 15.09.2023 of the Independent Qualification Commission and the dismissal from office of the assessee Gjergji Tako.
The legal representative of the assessee objected to the position of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office, stating that the noticed shortcomings, not only have not led to a violation of public trust or a violation of the rights of any individual, but they are merely formal, lacking any material consequence and that the disciplinary measure of dismissal from office would be clearly disproportionate to the nature of these violations. Finally, the assessee, after submitting his position regarding a public denunciation, requested the upholding of decision no. 698, dated 15.09.2023, of the Independent Qualification Commission.
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 shall be announced on 27.02.2026, at 09:30.
The public hearing shall take place at the premises of the Special Appeal Chamber, at Boulevard “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, no. 3, Tirana.