The Appeal Chamber held on 23.07.2025, at 09:00, the public hearing of case (JR) 11/2023, dated 10.03.2023, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 607, dated 22.12.2022 of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Kledian Llaho.

At this hearing, the assessee Kledian Llaho filed his submissions with respect to the appeal of the Public Commissioner, taking a position with regard to the appeal grounds for all three vetting criteria. The assessee claimed that they are unsupported on evidence and law, but only on suspicions and erroneous perceptions. The assessee requested the Chamber to open the judicial investigation of the case, collecting as evidence several acts that he lodged in support of his claims, attached to the submissions. Also, the assessee requested the Chamber to address the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction of Saranda to the purpose of administering a judicial decision of a criminal case, part of the appeal. As to the appeal grounds related to the background assessment, Mr. Llaho maintained that if relevance is to be provided to the information of the law enforcement bodies, it must be challenged and no outcome should be drawn based on suspicions or unconfirmed and incomplete information.

Subsequently, the assessee and the representative of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office took their respective positions regarding several public complaints, requesting the Chamber to not investigate into them.

The trial panel then decided:

– To open the judicial investigation of the case and administer as evidence the written acts submitted by the assessee, cited according to the minutes of the hearing.

– To accept the request of the parties to administer the judicial decision of the criminal case they have referred, a decision which, after being administered by the Appeal Chamber, shall be forwarded to the parties.

– To not investigate the denunciations, under Article 53 of Law no. 84/2016, in consideration as well of the position held in relation to them by the representative of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office.

– To be directly acquainted with the classified information, made known to the Independent Qualification Commission within the framework of the case, at the law enforcement institutions that administer it.

In the context of this decision-making, the trial panel decided to postpone the hearing to 30.07.2025, at 11:00, inviting the parties to be prepared for the final conclusions.

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