Court confirms: An indictment has been filed against MP Ramiz Kelmendi for power theft

The Constitutional Court in Pristina, after more than five years, has confirmed the indictment against Kosovo's Parliamentary MP from the LDK ranks and simultaneously company owner “Elkos”, Ramiz Kelmendi, charged with power theft.

The “Justice Vow” has secured the court's decision, which on January 29th of this year, has rejected the former deputy prime minister of Kosovo's request for the cast of the indictment and the dismissal of this criminal procedure, which he had submitted on December 12th 2012.

The reason for this act is said that after reviewing and reviewing the subject documents, the court has found that the defendant Kelmendi's request at this phase of the criminal procedure for dropping the indictment cannot be approved, because the actual situation for the existence of or not criminal acts will be confirmed after the trial.

LDK MP Ramiz Kelmendi, formerly owner of the company “Elkos”, is being charged by the Constitutional Prosecutor in Pristina, that during 2011, he has committed the criminal work “serious returns”.

Concretically, he is accused of theft of electricity, where he owns the company “Elkos”, according to the prosecution, has damaged the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK), in the amount of 22.801.19 euros.

The prosecution claims that after KEK workers have gone to his company, they have noted that Kelmendi has unauthorizedly exploited electricity, not registering two-thirds of the energy.

On this charge, the former deputy prime minister of Kosovo was submitted to the dock at the Constitutional Court in Pristina on Monday this week.

Kelmendi, who has not had a defence attorney, has rejected the prosecution's indictment, claiming he stands close to the controversial writtenly handed down.

“I became entirely committed to opposition and have nothing else to add to”, Kelmendi had briefly said at Monday's session.

In his objections to the indictment, Kelmendi had stressed that in all of his company's working units operating throughout Kosovo's entire territory, each answers to its work.

He had also said that his company's legal office, having been disgruntled with KEK's report, has filed complaints in the first and second degree, and following the refusal of the predecessors, according to him, has fulfilled the obligation.

Kelmendi had also stressed that all of this was caused by KEK officials, of the District in Pristina, in order to cause it damage and tarnish its name.

According to the reasoning she gave, Kelmendi had said KEK workers never checked the transformer in the presence of responsible persons, but they have reported the persons responsible after the raid.

According to Kelmendi, during the time period for which the prosecution accuses him of misusing electricity, it has stressed that there have been frequent blackouts of electricity, and after the generator's locks and cracks, it has been able to damage any delivery, but that the damage could not cut power.

Kelmendi's objections, prosecutor Menduhi Kastrati, had deemed them unstable and called on Judge Rrustem Begolli to make a decision for their refusal.

The Founding Procuror in Pristina, has accepted the accused's parachute that concerns opposition to evidence and the request to cast the indictment. We've analyzed the defendant's parachute and at today's hearing we're verbally declared opposing the same parachute. The accused in his statement has attached some evidence that is not in the survey, such as submitted a list of which is evidenced to be the deputy of the 4th legislature, then, a copy of the business number, a tip on business registration, consumer transactions released by the damaged side, and also a work contract of a worker working under his business”, prosecutor Kattra had said.

He had added that from these evidence, he considers that there is not enough basis for the court to act on approval of the accused's motion.

The prosecutor had stated that the indictment has sufficient related evidence proving the justified suspicion, with which he has asked the court to decide on its decision to refuse the request to contest evidence and drop the indictment.

Otherwise, at the initial session, held on December 21, 2017, accused Ramiz Kelmendi was declared innocent.

According to the indictment of December 12th 2012, which has provided “Justice Vow”, Kelmendi is charged with serious criminal activity “serious recovery”, due to the suspicion that from unproved date until June 30th 2011, the company “Elkos”, in Fushe Kosova, Kelmen's property has been misusing electricity.

The prosecution claims that when KEK workers have gone to do searches at that company, they have found that the intended defendant has been unauthorizedly exploiting electricity, as two transformatators of the current that have been out of measure have been found, while one component was cut off from the connection.

On the basis of the indictment, with these actions, two-thirds of the electricity had not been registered, with what KEK has done damages worth 22.801.19 euros. /Betimerability/