Today, on 14.02.2023, at 15:00, the Appeal Chamber held the public hearing of case (JR) 24/2022, dated 03.06.2022, pertaining to the appeal of the Public Commissioner against decision no. 519, dated 25.03.2022, of the Independent Qualification Commission, related to the assessee Kastriot Gramshi.

During the submission of the final conclusions, the Public Commissioner stated that even after the new acts and submissions filed in the previous hearing, the assessee failed to prove the inaccuracy of declaration and insufficiency of documentation of income to justify his assets with legitimate sources.

At the termination of the final conclusions, the Public Commissioner, on the basis as of the recommendation of the International Monitoring Operation as well, requested the Chamber the amendment of decision no. 519, dated 25.03.2022, of the Independent Qualification Commission and the dismissal from office of the assessee.

During the submission of the final conclusions, the assessee stated the objective impossibility of providing the relevant documentation, considered that the recommendation of the International Monitoring Operation, as well as the appeal of the Public Commissioner had not determined the legal basis on which they supported the appeal, and that the claims of the Public Commissioner are not grounded on facts and evidence.

In the termination of the final conclusions, the assessee, and his legal representative, considered that decision no. 519, dated 25.03.2022 of the Independent Qualification Commission is fair and requested the Chamber to uphold it.

After hearing the final conclusions of the parties, the trial panel withdrew to make the final decision, to be announced on March 2, 2023, at 15:30.

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