The case, Pronto, the prosecutor says there are unprecedented conversations

The foundation court in Pristina has considered all evidence proposed by the prosecution to be read in the case known as “Proto”.

In this case, former Kosovo Democratic Party President Adem Grabovci, former minister of innovation and entrepreneurship Besim Beqaj, former deputate PDK, Zenun Pajaziti, and eight others are charged with criminal acts “The violation of the equal status of citizens and residents of the Republic of Kosovo in co-ordination”, reports “Justice Vow”.

Such a decision was made at Friday's hearing by Judge Shashivar Hoti's court.

CDs with wire content are also considered.

After consulting on the demands of the parties, due to the rationalization of time and the fact that we have too many CDs to listen to and take time, and that the main issue does not conflict with them, all evidence proposed by the procurement, including CDs, to be considered as being read”, Judge Hoti has said.

In contrast, he has said that for each evidence apart, we can give their remarks, since this decision.

Initially, prosecutor Drita Hajdari has proposed that certain ordinances and decisions be considered read, while the CD's share of wiretapping is read at the hearing.

But the defence has rejected that, as they say, these answers have also been heard in public and there is no need to be heard again, since, as they have said, there is nothing new.

However, according to prosecutor Hajdari, the indictment was not founded solely on what was published in the media, but, according to the CD, there are several conversations never heard in the media, so it said that these CDs should be heard directly.

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. /