Appeal frees 12 UP students and assistants from charges

The Court of Appeals has acquitted 12 Pristina University assistants and students (UP), who in July of this year were sentenced to prison and fines for enrollment at respective faculties, mainly at the Faculty of Medicine and the illegal passage of exams.

Through the trial, which has provided “Justice Vow”, this court on October 27th of this year, when the Appeals College session was held, had approved the claims of lawyers and indictees, who had filed complaints against the Constitutional Court Act in Pristina, declared on July 6th of this year.

“Reviewing the first degree act on which a complaint was exercised and according to the official formal duty the provision of Article 394 of KPPK in terms of violations of criminal law, the Court of Appeals estimates that criminal law on the side of the accused Esat Belaj, Gazmend Maliqaj, Kemaj Gashi, Merina and Arton Hoti has been prewritten, respectively, because in this case, the prosecution has reached the absolute prescription of prosecution<1], the trial is said.

It also emphasizes that the defendants have not been official persons for the time they have been charged with.

The Court of Appeals has carefully examined the subject's paperwork along with the amended bias, as well as complaints, so it estimates these complaints are based. This court estimates that the first degree court has failed to prove the actual situation when the accused has convicted him of being the device of a first degree trial, for the fact that it has not been proven that the accused had the position of the official person to be able to commit criminal acts”, it is said in court.

The founding court in Pristina had pronounced the former head of the student organisation “Reforma”, Esat Belay, who for eight criminal acts related to “bribing”, “impact control” and “misusing official position or authority”, was sentenced to 2 years in prison and 10 thousand euros.

Chemajl Gashi, for “helping exercise impact”, was sentenced to 7 months in prison and 1500 euros in fines.

Arian Yanova, for <x0 influence training”, had been sentenced to eight months in prison. And for the same criminal act, Gazmend Maliqaj and Mevledun Beqiri, who were convicted of eight months in prison and 5,000 fines.

Leonard Bytyci, for “aided in taking bribes”, was sentenced to 8 months in prison, while for the same work, Conservation Morina was sentenced to 7 months in prison.

Arton Hoti, for criminal acts “aid” regarding the criminal act “impact fraud”, was sentenced to 7 months in prison and 4000 euros in fines, while Muhamed Maliqi, for the criminal work of assisting in “brib5>, had been submitted to the 8-month prison sentence.

Albion Hadzijaha, for criminal work “bribery”, was also sentenced to 8 months in prison.

For bribing “, they were sentenced to 3 months in prison by accused Shacir Recica and Amonda Orllati.

According to the Pristina Constitutional Pristina Pristina Pristina prosecution, these collapses had made them through 2009 and 2012. In describing the indictment, their actions involved taking bribes and exercising the influence of illegal registration at Pristina University and passing exams, mainly at the Faculty of Medicine.

In this trial process, charged with Esat Belaj for criminal acts “taking a bribe”, <x2-> MAK8x3> and “The misuse of official position or authority”. Arian Yanova, Gazmend Maliqaj and Mevledun Beqiri for criminal acts “the transformation of influence”. Chemajl Gashi, Morina and Arton Hoti, for criminal acts “aided” and <x10-> impact management”. Muhamed Maliqi, Albion Hadziyaha and Leonard Bytyqi for criminal acts “bribe taking”, and accused Shacir Recica and Amonda Orrllati for bribing “”.