The Appeal Chamber held on 05.11.2025, at 13:00, the public hearing of case (JR) 18/2024, dated 24.05.2024, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 738, dated 22.02.2024 of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Gëzim Çopa.
The presiding judge announced that Article 179/b, paragraph 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania has set forth the transfer of powers from the Public Commissioner to the Head of the Special Prosecution Office. Pursuant to Article 199, paragraph 2 of the Civil Procedure Code, the trial panel decided to transfer the proceedings from the Public Commissioner to the Head of the Special Prosecution Office, represented in this case upon special authorization by the prosecutor of the Special Prosecution Office, Mr. Adnan Xholi, present at the hearing.
During the submissions of the appeal grounds, the representative of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office, Mr. Adnan Xholi, held that with regard to the asset assessment criterion, the assessee is found in conditions of incorrect and insufficient declaration and lacks legitimate financial sources to justify the creation of his movable and immovable assets. The representative of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office requested that some findings identified in relation to the proficiency assessment criterion, along with the issues in the asset assessment criterion, and even with regard to the background assessment criterion, be evaluated by the Chamber under Article 4, paragraph 2 of Law no. 84/2016, within the framework of Article 61, paragraph 5 of the very law. The representative of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office requested the amendment of decision no. 738, dated 22.02.2024 of the Independent Qualification Commission and the dismissal from office of the assessee.
The assessee and his legal representative contested the appeal grounds and provided detailed explanations for each of them, stating that the evidence in the case file proves the legitimate source of creation of the assessee’s assets and the undertaking of appropriate investigative actions by him during the exercise of his office. The assessee requested that several documents attached to his submissions be admitted as evidence.
The trial panel, after being consulted, decided not to admit as evidence the documents submitted by the assessee, on grounds that they are part of the case file lodged by the Independent Qualification Commission. The presiding judge announced that these documents shall be taken into consideration by the trial panel during the consideration of the case.
Once the parties stated that they had no other procedural requests, the trial panel decided to close the judicial review and invited the parties to submit present their final conclusions. In order to provide the parties reasonable time to prepare, it was decided to postpone the hearing to 26.11.2025, at 10:00.
The public hearing shall take place at the premises of the Appeal Chamber, at Boulevard “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, no. 3, Tirana.