Today, on 04.07.2023, at 10:00, the Appeal Chamber held the public hearing of case (JR) 14/2023, dated 06.04.2023, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 621, dated 13.02.2023, of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Erarbër Madhi.

The Public Commissioner, during the submission of the appeal grounds, claimed that the assessee turns out in an attempt to conceal the assets, under Article D, paragraph 5 of the Annex to the Constitution, undermining public trust in justice, according to Article 61, paragraph 5 of Law no. 84/2016. The Public Commissioner requested the amendment of decision no. 621, dated 13.02.2023, of the Independent Qualification Commission and the dismissal from office of the assessee Erarbër Madhi.

The legal representative of the assessee disputed the appeal grounds of the Public Commissioner related to the asset assessment and in support of his claims, filed several documents, which he requested to be accepted as evidence by the court. The assessee requested the Chamber for sufficient time, pending a response from the Albanian embassy in NATO, following his request for making available a document on the financial income of a person related to him from working at this organization.

After some questions of the international observer of the International Monitoring Operation in view of the examination of the case, as well as of one of the member judges, the court decided to reopen the judicial investigation of the case and to accept as evidence the documents filed by the assessee.

With regard to the denunciations on the address of the assessee, the court assessed that they do not contain sufficient circumstances for further investigations, in terms of Article 53, of Law no. 84/2016 “On the transitional re-evaluation of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania”.

After deciding to accept the request of the assesse for sufficient time looking forward to a reply by the Albanian diplomatic representation attached to NATO, the court decided to postpone the hearing to July 19, 2023, at 10:00.

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