These are Kosovo Judiciary Council membership candidates

The Kosovo Assembly is voting for the election of members of the Kosovo Judiciary Council.

Of the four candidates, as elected by the commission, MPs will vote for two of them.

Driton Muharremi, Hashim Colkau, Hasim Sogojevo and Willard Bytyqi are candidates who are in the race for KGK members.

Commission for Legislation Chairman Shkemb Manaj said 25 candidates have applied.

The “contests have applied 25 candidates, out of them 19 Albanians and six from other communities. The commission has invited representatives of civil society and representatives of international institutions who oversee and support the commission's work on legislation to be launched. The process of interviewing candidates on the part of the commission has been fully transparent”, he said.

On 24 June this year, the Commission for Legislation has interviewed 24 candidates for members of the Kosovo Judiciary Council.

Manaj said that out of 24 candidates interviewed, the commission has praised Driton Muharremin with 86 points, Hashim Colak 85, Hasim Sogoyev and Vilard Bytyqi with 81.

The “is recommended to the Kosovo Parliament for the vote by four candidates for the position of Kosovo Judiciary Council member as defined by Article 108 paragraph 6, subparography 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, as follows, Mr. Dritton Muharremi, Hashim Colkau, Hasim Sogojevo and Vilard Bytyqi. The Assembly of the four candidates proposed for the position of member of the Kosovo Judiciary Council should elect two of them”, Manaj said.

The election of candidates for members of the KDR is by secret vote, and their mandate is five years old.