Today, on 30.03.2021, at 11:30, the Appeal Chamber held the public hearing of case (JR) 42/2021, dated 27.07.2021, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 363, dated 01.04.2021, of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Elizabeta Imeraj.

During the verification of the presence of the parties, the assessee, Mrs. Elizabeta Imeraj, requested to be represented in this trial by a lawyer of the Strasbourg Bar Association, France. The trial panel, after being consulted, pursuant to Articles 96 and 176 of the Civil Procedure Code as well as Article 23, paragraphs 1 and 4 of Law no. 55/2018 “On the profession of lawyer in the Republic of Albania”, decided to legitimate the lawyer of the assessee.

The Public Commissioner submitted the grounds of the appeal, requesting the Chamber to collect as evidence the findings of the International Observers of the International Monitoring Operation, to consider the appeal ground for each re-evaluation criteria, and following an overall evaluation of the case, to decide the amendment of decision no. 363, dated 01.04.2021 of the Independent Qualification Commission and the dismissal from office of the assessee Elizabeta Imeraj.

The assessee, Mrs. Elizabeta Imeraj initiated submitting her objections to the Public Commissioner’s appeal grounds, requesting the Chamber to reopen the judicial investigation and collect as evidence several new acts filed during today’s hearing in support of her claims. Due to the duration of the hearing, the trial panel decided to postpone it to the next day, on March 31, 2022, at 12:30, to follow with the objections of the assessee related to the background criterion.

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