The Appeal Chamber held on 14.11.2025, at 10:00, the public hearing of case (JR) 47/2023, dated 19.10.2023, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 689, dated 24.07.2023 of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Ervin Pollozhani.
The representative of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office, Mr. Klodjan Braho, while submitting his position regarding the document entitled “Findings and Opinion”, filed during the previous hearing by the Observer of the International Monitoring Operation (IMO), Mr. Theo Jacobs, stated that the finding, related to one of the assets of assessee, is supported on the appeal grounds and expressed his consent to continue with the further investigations requested by Mr. Jacobs.
The assessee requested the trial panel to dismiss the administration as evidence of the document “Findings and Opinion”, on grounds that it is not only a finding submitted beyond the procedural deadlines, but also unfounded on any new evidence or circumstance that could not have been accessed earlier. The assessee stated that it is an artificial extension of the appeal grounds beyond the legal deadlines, which would violate the due process of law, the principle of lawfulness, legal certainty and equality of arms between the parties.
After hearing the parties’ positions, the trial panel, pursuant to Article 304 of the Civil Procedure Code and Article 49 of Law no. 84/2016, decided to reopen the judicial investigation solely for the purpose of administering the findings filed by the International Observer and to not proceed with further investigations suggested in the IO’s opinion.
Once the parties stated that they had no other procedural requests, the trial panel decided to close the judicial investigation and invited them to submit their final conclusions. In order to provide the parties reasonable time for their preparation, the hearing was postponed to 25.11.2025, at 11:00.
The public hearing shall take place at the premises of the Appeal Chamber, at Boulevard “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, no. 3, Tirana.