Today, on 11.05.2021, at 10:00, the Appeal Chamber held the public hearing of the case (JR) 28/2020, dated 10.07.2020, regarding the appeal of the Public Commissioner filed against decision no. 231, dated 29.01.2020, of the Independent Qualification Commission corresponding to the assessee Anton Martini.
Following the previous hearing, the presiding judge informed the litigants that the Appeal Chamber had received the documentation they requested from the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Prosecutor’s Office at First Instance Court of Fier, and the Prosecutor’s Office at First Instance Court of Shkodra. The litigants confirmed that they had gotten acquainted with the documentation that the Appeal Chamber has delivered to them and assessed formally, the acts were in the form required by law.
Regarding the content of the documentations, the Public Commissioner stated that the information received was not exhaustive in the framework of the judicial investigation initiated by the Appeal Chamber regarding the denunciations filed in the name of the assessee.
Referring to the new documentation, the assessee objected the claims raised in the public denunciations, considering them intentional and biased defamations. Attached to his submission, the assessee submitted decision no. 467, dated 19.11.2018 of the First Instance Court of Fier, which he requested to be taken as evidence by the trial panel.
Following the consultation, by an intermediate decision, the trial panel decided:
– To accept as evidence the decision submitted today, with no. 467 dated 19.11.2018 of the First Instance Court of Fier, pursuant to Article 45 of Law 84/2016.
– To request from the Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime the acts and a copy of the page of the register, in which is documented the forwarding of the investigative file for the case with no. 286 of 2013, against the defendant D.Z.
– To request from the Prosecution at the First Instance Court of Fier, the acts and a copy of the page of the register, in which is documented the forwarding of the investigative file with no. 286 of 2013, against the defendant D. Z.
– To request from the Court of Appeals of Vlora, copies of the minutes of the court hearings held in the period from 09.03.2015 to 16.06.2015, of the case that was concluded with the court decision no. 467, dated 19.11.2018, of the First Instance Court of Fier.
The trial panel deems that if this decision will be needed to be implemented, pursuant to the requirements of Article Ç, paragraph 4 of the Annex of the Constitution, the Legal Service Unit will be in charge to carry out all the necessary verifications.
In the framework of the cooperation, the trial panel invited the assessee to provide his contribution for the clarification of the facts and circumstances that were settled today.
Pending the administration of the above documentation, the trial panel decided to adjourn the hearing on 27 May 2021, at 10:00 h.
The public hearing shall take place at the premises of the Appeal Chamber, at: Bulevardi “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, nr.3. Tirana.