Today, on 05.07.2021, at 10:00, the Appeal Chamber held the public hearing of case (JR) 40/2020, dated 21.09.2020, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 256, dated 12.06.2020, of the Independent Qualification Commission related to the assessee Etleva Deda.

The Public Commissioner, during the submissions of the appeal grounds, stated that the assessee does not reach a reliable level for her confirmation in office, as she has made an inaccurate and insufficient declaration for the asset assessment criterion. The Public Commissioner requested the Chamber the amendment of decision no. 256, dated 12.06.2020, of the Independent Qualification Commission and the dismissal from office of the assessee, Mrs. Etleva Deda.

The assessee, Mrs. Etleva Deda, stated during her objections that she has managed to justify her assets with legitimate sources, and she has achieved to be reliable for the background assessment and a qualifying level for the proficiency assessment. Ms. Etleva Deda opposed the Public Commissioner, stating that some of her inaccuracies in the declaration cannot be a ground for making the extreme disciplinary measure of dismissal from office. The assessee, Mrs. Deda requested the Chamber to reopen the judicial investigation of the case, to accept as evidence some new acts, which she filed attached to today’s submissions, to dismiss the Public Commissioner’s appeal as unfounded in the law, and her confirmation in office.

After being consulted, the trial panel decided to accept as evidence the documents filed by the assessee attached to the submissions presented during today’s hearing. With regard to a public denunciation, the presiding judge stated that it does not meet the criteria of Article 53/2 of Law 84/2016, “On the transitional re-evaluation of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania”.

Once the parties declared that they had no further procedural requests, the trial panel decided to close the judicial investigation of the case and invited the parties to present their final conclusions.

In concluding their respective submissions during today’s hearing, the Public Commissioner and the assessee stated that they ultimately stand by their requests.

The trial panel withdrew to make the final decision, to be announced on July 21, 2022, at 09:30.

The public hearing will take place in the premises of the Appeal Chamber, at Boulevard “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, no. 3, Tirana.