The Appeal Chamber held today on 22.02.2022, at 10:00, the public hearing of case (JR) 59/2019, dated 13.11.2019, pertaining to the appeal of the assessee Hysen Keta against decision no. 189, dated 25.07.2019 of the Independent Qualification Commission.
The presiding judge informed the court that at the stage when the trial panel was withdrawn to make the final decision, Judge Ardian Hajdari, part of the trial panel of this case, was suspended from office by decision no. 13, dated 07.02.2022, of the Meeting of Judges. Due to this reason, Judge Ardian Hajdari was replaced by lot by Judge Natasha Mulaj.
Also, after the trial panel made the interim decision to terminate the judicial investigation of the case, on February 1, 2022, the International Observer of the International Monitoring Operation submitted an opinion (a written opinion) with the Appeal Chamber in view of review of the case of the assessee Hysen Keta. Therefore, the trial panel, by an interim decision, by a majority vote, pursuant to Article 315 of the Civil Procedure Code, decided to revoke the interim decision to terminate the judicial investigation and reopen this investigation in order to make available to the assessee the opinion of the International Observer.
In order to enable the assessee to be acquainted and take a position with regard to this opinion, the hearing was adjourned to March 16, 2022, at 09:00.
The public hearing will take place in the premises of the Appeal Chamber, at Boulevard “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, no. 3, Tirana.