Gashi shows when the first charges by Special Court will begin

When this is expected to happen, according to lawyer Tome Gashi, only the Special Prosecutor is aware.

Gashi has indicated that this delay is costing the Special Court's credibility.

“Ende is the same situation as raising the first charges at the Special Court, nothing has changed without taking into account the publication of the list of lawyers who have been accredited these days. Whatever the case, the charges will not delay much, but no one except the Prosecutor's Office in The Hague knows exactly when that will happen”, he has said.

According to him, the situation has become even more complicated with the departure of US Chief Prosecutor David Schwendiman.

Gashi has stated that there are rumours that he was dismissed by the American Administration due to the delay in establishing charges.

The “Gjykat is functional from June last year and it will start working at the moment when the first charges by the Special Prosecutor's Office in The Hague are dismissed. It's a delay that's costing a lot of credibility to this court, but the case has become even more complicated with the case of the departure of US chief prosecutor David Schwendiman, which also led to a subsequent confusion of what happened to him, if we entered into the realm of speculation, there are voices that he may have been dismissed from the American Administration for delay in the increase of charges, especially when it is known that his term was due by the end of 2020, and taking note of his own surprise as he warned his departure from Prosecutor<1>, he said the index.