On 27.01.2025, at 11:00, the Appeal Chamber held the public hearing of case (JR) 10/2022, dated 15.02.2022, pertaining the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 479, dated 03.12.2021 of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Arben Dosti.

The assessee, at the initiation of today’s hearing scheduled for the submission of the final conclusions, requested the trial panel the reopening of the judicial investigation of the case, to the purpose of accepting as evidence certain documents which, he had not managed to obtain in a timely manner due to the objective impossibility.

With regard this request of the assessee, the Head of the Special Prosecution Office held that we are not found in circumstances to reopen the investigation and requested its dismissal.

The trial panel decided to revoke the decision to close the judicial investigation of the case and reopen it, accepting as evidence the acts filed by the assessee.

Following the closure of the judicial investigation, the parties were invited to submit their final conclusions.

The Head of the Special Prosecution Office, Mr. Altin Dumani, stated that the assessee has made an incorrect and insufficient declaration and failed to prove the legal source of the creation of his assets. With regard to the background assessment criterion, the Head of the Special Prosecution Office assessed that even during the judicial process held at the Chamber, the AKSIK report on the background assessment for the assessee remains the referred act, insofar as it contains a finding. Requesting that the circumstances debated during this proceedings regarding the proficiency assessment be taken into consideration by the Chamber in the context of the assessment of the three criteria, the Head of the Special Prosecution Office finally requested the amendment of decision no. 479, dated 03.12.2021, of the Independent Qualification Commission and the dismissal from office of the assessee Arben Dosti.

The assessee provided explanations on the issues referred to in the appeal grounds for the three vetting criteria, claiming their opposite. In conclusion of his objections, the assessee finally requested his confirmation in office.

After hearing the final conclusions of the parties, the trial panel decided to withdrew in chambers to make the final decision, to be announced on 13.02.2025, at 15:00.

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