Today, on 25.06.2024, at 10:00, the Appeal Chamber held the public hearing of case (JR) 23/2023, dated 26.05.2023, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 657, dated 28.04.2023 of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Periand Teta.
During the submission of the appeal grounds, the Public Commissioner Irena Nino held that the decision of the Independent Qualification Commission to declare complete the vetting process of the assessee Periand Teta, without a final decision, is unsupported on the legislation that regulates the vetting process. The Public Commissioner requested the Chamber the amendment of decision no. 657, dated 28.04.2023 of the Independent Qualification Commission, the termination of the transitional re-evaluation process and, according to Article G of the Annex to the Constitution, the prohibition of the assessee to be appointed a judge or prosecutor of any level, a member of the High Judicial Council or High Prosecutorial Council, High Inspectorate of Justice or Prosecutor General for a period of 15 years.
The assessee objected the Public Commissioner’s appeal, maintaining that this appeal is unsupported by law and evidence, nor by the current jurisprudence of the Appeal Chamber. In support of his claims, the assessee filed several documents, which he requested the trial panel to accept them as evidence. The assessee requested the Chamber to alternatively decide to uphold the IQC decision, or overrule this decision and order the Independent Qualification Commission to continue the vetting process for the assessee Periand Teta, under Article 66, paragraph 1 (c), of Law no. 84/2016, “On the transitional re-evaluation of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania”.
After being consulted, the trial panel decided to open the judicial investigation of the case and accept as evidence the documents filed by the assessee. 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 them to present their final conclusions.
At the request of the Public Commissioner for reasonable time for the preparation of the final conclusions, the panel decided to postpone the hearing to 28.06.2024, at 09:00.
The public hearing shall take place at the premises of the Appeal Chamber, at Boulevard “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, no. 3, Tirana.