Today, on 09.06.2021, at 13:00, the Appeal Chamber held the public hearing of case (JR) 40/2021, dated 23.07.2021, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 393, dated 03.06.2021, of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Gerd Hoxha.
Subsequent to the previous hearing, the parties confirmed their acquaintance with the new evidence – the acts part of the case file of the former spouse of the assessee – and expressed their views on the preliminary financial analysis drafted by the Chamber, on the basis of the appeal grounds of the Public Commissioner.
The Public Commissioner, Mrs. Irena Nino, objected the claims of the assessee for her request in excess of the appeal grounds related to the asset assessment, and stated that she reserves the right to make a statement regarding the financial analysis in the submission of the final conclusions.
The assessee presented his objections with regard to the preliminary financial analysis, claiming that it is an analysis unfounded in law, does not comply with the current AC case-law, and violates the principle of legal certainty. Through a procedural request, the assessee requested the trial panel to find the financial analysis invalid or to re-conduct it, including the positions held by the assessee on the matter, during the previous hearing held at the Chamber. The trial panel, by a majority vote, decided to dismiss these requests of the assessee.
Following the hearing, the assessee reiterated his position held in the hearing dated 05.04.2022, holding that the Public Commissioner’s appeal grounds are inaccurate, unfounded in law and evidence and requested the Chamber to dismiss the appeal.
Once the parties stated that they had no further procedural requests, the trial panel decided to close the judicial review of the case and invited the parties to present the final conclusions of the case, at the next hearing, on June 22, 2022, at 14:30.
The next hearing will take in the premises of the Appeal Chamber, at Boulevard “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, no. 3, Tirana.