Session for connection “Proto””: Adem Grabovci defends quietly

But Adem Grabovci said he would defend himself in silence.

Otherwise, at Monday's session, Prosecutor Drita Hajdari has proposed management as evidence, various documents related to the selecting of the company's chief executive chief “Trainos” and “Ifracos”, processes that had occurred in 2011 and 2012.

These proposals, prosecutor Hajdari has made at Monday's session at the Constitutional Court in Pristina, in the trial of the case known as “Proto”, in which former Democratic Party of Kosovo President Adem Grabovci, former Minister of Innovation and Intervention, Besim Beqaj, former deputet of PDK, Zenun Pajaziti, and eight others charged.

They are charged with criminal action “The violation of the equal status of citizens and residents of the Republic of Kosovo in co-ordination”, reports “Justice Vow”.

Prosecutor Hajdari has said these evidence is part of the police report proposed to be administered as evidence in the indictment.

This report's “in some paperwork is also called to the defence attorney at the previous session. When listed in the escorts, this evidence doesn't concern me, but these are also related to witnesses who did not listen to the last session”, prosecutor Hajdari said.

She has later cited the evidence she proposes to be administered as evidence.

Under this report, I propose that they be administered as evidence, the paperwork of the company Trainkos], No741 of the 1110,2016. The competition for chief executive position. The report on the assessment, ranking and establishment of the candidate's narrow list in the top executive chief-in-chief competition at APUTrainkosı, dated 07.12.2011. Ruzhhdi Morina's choice decision as head of Trainkos], dated 27.12.2011. The list of employees at 'Trainos”, prosecutor Hajdari said.

Also, it has proposed managing both evidence and employment involving the public company “Infracos”

“1. The article of Infrakos, dated 23,09,2016. Under 2. Competition for chief executive. 3. Applications' registry for chief executive, 30.11.2011. Under 4, the report on the assessment and ranking and establishment of the close list of applicants in the contest for the position of chief executive, dated 19,12.2011. Under 5, the decision to select Agron Thaqi as chief executive chief of '%Infrakos], on January 13, 2012, and below 6, the list of employees in 2011”, said prosecutor Hajdari.

It has stated that the reason why you propose this evidence is that witnesses heard at last session, one as chairman of the board at “Trainos”, and the other in “Infrakos”, they have testified to the procedures of selecting the board and chief executive in these public enterprises.

However, according to her, it has been seen that these witnesses do not recall the dates when the chief chief of the company was selected at “Trainos”, nor the date of selecting the head of the company “Infracos”

At one point they said that the boards in their companies were complete, so they had legal power to elect the chief executive. Given the Government of Kosovo's decision, to annul the competition for directors of Central Public Enterprises and continue their mandate, the decision of December 21, 2011, proposed to be administered as evidence in the indictment, results in that after this date, there is no legal obstacle, the selection of extuitive chiefs, since the warrant and those with the legal power to elect the superior officers. Both are as I mentioned earlier, at “Trainos”, the chief chief was elected on December 27, 2011, and on “Infracos”, on January 13th 2012, means that both after December 21st, when the warrant has been continued”, said prosecutor Hajdari.

She has said that for full confirmation of the actual situation, she considers that such evidence should be administered.

But such evidence has opposed defenders of the accused in this case.

Adem Grabovci defender, lawyer Florent Latifaj, has said he does not know what effect his client has had on these contests.

In the argument that this is where two witnesses were spoken that they said they had boo, they have chosen, they have got right to choose, the Government has respalled the contests, if it has to do with witnesses anything else, they have a tail, it's a whole different procedure. As for my defense, Adam Grabovci, I don't know what the effect of the government has on these contests. So which is the connection of these trials with Adam Grabovci. If the prosecution thinks that Ademi has any influence on Kosovo's prime minister, then this one is not accused of exercising influence”, attorney Latifaj said.

On the other hand, Besim Beqaj's defender, lawyer Besnik Berisha, has said the prosecution has “lost the ball”.

The only questions behind the prosecution for previous witnesses are after “you remember” and “you are aware of the Government's decision to cancel contests for public enterprises. Today, the indictment is returning to the chief executive chief who, in their opposition, said they were not here for chief executive chief. Fundamental right for someone accused is to have the correct charge because it cannot be effectively protected. To be precise about us, is Mr. Beqaj and Grabovci here for the selection of executive chiefs in Traincos and Infracos, or is he here due to the annulment of a Kosovo Government contest that the prosecution has never dared to call their boss to cancel those contests”, Berisha said.

Otherwise, in May of this year, the Court of Appeals has rejected the complaints of defence attorneys, thus ending the indictment filed by the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK).

According to the Appeals Court's assessment, in the controversial ruling, the first-instance court has provided sufficient for this phase of the criminal procedure, reason regarding well-based suspicion, about controversial evidence, and that it has correctly proven that sufficient legal-procedure evidence exists to continue. According to Appeals, whether their guilt will be proven, it remains to be considered during the upcoming phase of the criminal procedure and key investigation of the case, which at this stage of the criminal procedure cannot be assumed by the tribunal or by the parties.

The Constitutional Court in Pristina, on April 3, 2019, had confirmed the indictment against Adem Grabovci, Besim Beqaj, Zenun Pajazit and others in the well-known “Proto”, after having rejected the defence requirement for dropping the indictment and rejecting evidence.

Otherwise, at the session, which was held on February 4th 2019, the defense of accused Adem Grabovci, Besim Beqaj, Zenun Pajaziti and others in the case known as “Proto” had rejected the indictment.

However, at the initial session held on November 15, 2018, the accused had been declared innocent.

Among the 11 accused are former PDK parliamentary group chief Adem Grabovci, former minister of innovation and entrepreneurship Besim Beqaj, the current deputy The PDK, Zenun Pajaziti, former head of the Prizren municipality's Parliament, Nijazi Kryeziu, former head of the Union for Supply to the Ministry of Health, Arbenita Pajaziti, former Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ilham Gashi, former Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Peace, Fatmir Shudaj, former political adviser to the MPB, Sedat Gashi, Ismet Neziraj, Daj and Axajazi.

They are accused of committing criminal acts “The violation of equal status of citizens and residents of the Republic of Kosovo in co-ordination”, from Article 193 paragraph 4 concerning KPRK's paragraph 1, concerning Article 31 of the KPRK, of which some of the works have remained attempted.

According to the indictment, the defendants have misused their official positions by co-operating among themselves in granting privileges and illegal priorities to those who have competed in important positions, such as directors for central public companies, chief executive of the Agency for the Internal Affairs, head of the Agency for Medical Products and Co-ordinator of the Civil Record Centre in the Cline, denying and restricting the freedoms and rights of other candidates, guaranteed by law. The criminal issue of employment and division of office, based on party affiliation and personal reports, has been addressed for a long time, the problem of Kosovo's citizens, law enforcement agencies, as well as the media and civil society.

This case was published by public media, revealing employment actions and methods within tight interest groups, under which the prosecution's investigation has been launched, which resulted in the establishment of the indictment.

This work, which these officials and former officials are accused of, according to Article 193, paragraph 4 of the Republic of Kosovo Criminal Code, is punishable from 6 months to 5 years in prison. The main protagonist of what has been described as “Aphera Proto” has been the former deput of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Adem Grabovci.

In 2011, talk had first been published in the media by several EULEX wiretaps, where Grabovci was heard conversing among other things with current President Hashim Thaci, Chief Prime Minister Kadri Veselini and other policy persons, primarily PDK.

Grabovci was then being investigated by EULEX for corrupt acts in the quality of Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunication, but these investigations against him were closed in lack of evidence.

In these wiretapping involving a period of two months, November - December 2011, Grabovci and his co-talkers, including current minister Besim Beqaj, deputy The PDK, Zenun Pajaziti and several other people are heard negotiating employment of persons close to the PDK in various institutions as board members, directors of companies and independent agencies. /Betimi justice