Six months from first indictment, dramatic developments by Special are expected in August

French Nicolas Giew, who was appointed to judge the preliminary procedure, has yet to decide whether these charges will be confirmed or rejected.

This was after the first charges at the Court were delivered exactly on February 24th. And to decide about them, according to the Code for Procedure and Evidence, the judge has six months.

In an answer to RTK, the Special Court has indicated whether there is a verdict on the charges handed down in February. They just said that the judge has the right to confirm the charges and demand that they not be made public.

No indictment has been made public so far. The order of procedure and evidence has a number of scenarios for publishing a confirmed indictment. Rule 88 says the judge of the preliminary procedure may order the confirmed indictment not to be made public, for security or procedure reasons”, it says in response.

And experts licensed by the Special admit that in the coming days, there may be developments regarding the first charges.

Now is the time to fill that term for six months, and according to the Law, the status of the indictment should be made public, and the accused potentially reported on his charge. Or the indictment could be dropped, but it still has to be publicly reported”, Taulant Hodaj says.

And lawyer Artan Kerkin explains the procedures until the verdict of an indictment by the Court is made public.

“Acuza must be published at the latest until the first appearance of the defendants before the judge, and that presentation probably in the 1 week term when the defendants are confirmed the accuser act”, Qerkeyni said.

Following the first charges handed down in February, another indictment was handed over in April, in which the prosecutor had announced that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and Kosovo chairman are also charged. PDK, Kadri Wessel.