On 27.01.2025, at 09:00, the Appeal Chamber held the public hearing of case (JR) 23/2022, dated 30.05.2024, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 524, dated 08.04.2022 of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Elfrida Bregova.

During the verification of the presence of the parties, the presiding judge announced the attendance of the Head of the Special Prosecution Office, whose presence in this proceedings was legitimated under Article 179/b, paragraph 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, a provision that determined the transfer of powers from the Public Commissioner to the Head of the Special Prosecution Office.

During the submission of the appeal grounds, the Head of the Special Prosecution Office requested the Chamber to open the judicial investigation of the case, to request and administer additional documents from the construction company of the apartment declared by the assessee and the person related to her, as well as an updated report from AKSIK regarding the background assessment criteria.

The assessee and the legal representative submitted objections regarding the appeal grounds and in support of their claims, filed acts, which they requested the trial panel to collect them as evidence.

Following several questions from the international observer of the International Monitoring Operation, in terms of the consideration the case, and the respective responses of the assessee and her legal representative, the trial panel decided:

– To accept as evidence the acts submitted by the assessee;

– To administer information from the construction company, regarding the actions carried out by the company for the apartment declared by the assessee and the person related to her, as well as to clarify the payment method, the time the payments were made, the respective amounts and the persons who have made them;

– To request from AKSIK the update of the report dated 02.11.2017, in order to administer the information from the verification institution whose data were not taken into consideration during the drafting of the first report.

Pending the arrival of the information at the Special Appeals Chamber and its forwarding to the parties, the trial panel decided to postpone the next hearing to 19.02.2025, at 10:00.

The presiding judge announced that the parties will be forwarded a denunciation received by the Chamber in August 2024, regarding which they must take a position at the next hearing.

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