The trial for the Afera of Hydrocentrals: Mimoza Kusari's campaign advantage hearings postponed

Gjakova chairmanial candidate from Vetevendosje's ranks, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, has filed a request not to appear before the court embarrassment tomorrow, where she and others are accused of misusing official duty.

Periscop sources suggest that Kusari-Lila does not participate in the tribunal has argued there is no time due to the campaign for local elections, while her request has been approved by the tribunal.

Postponing sessions could mean that the court is favouring Kusari-Lila at this time of the election campaign, not referring to the indictment that it has for misuse of official office.

Meanwhile, the main review in this case was launched on July 1st, during which the prosecution's hearing, Besim Beqaj, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, Dardan Gashi and Nenad Rassic have again pleaded innocent to the SPRK's charges.

This case is being tried at the Special Department of the Constitutional Court in Pristina, while the chairman of the court is Judge Valon Kurtaj.

In May of this year, the Court of Appeals had announced that it had left the first-instance court ruling in force, confirming the indictment against indictees Besim Beqaj, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, Dardan Gashi, Nenad Rassic, Flanza Hoxha and Arben Djuka.

Through a media communiqué, Appeals had announced that the trial will continue against these indictees.

Otherwise, the Constitutional Court in Pristina, in March of this year, had rejected the requests for dropping the indictment, four former Thaci government ministers 2, Besim Beqaj, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, Dardan Gashi and Nenad Rassic, as well as accused Flanza Hoxha, Arben Djukka.

The 19 accused in the case known as “The Afera of Hydrocentrals”, in the initial review held on October 28, 2020, at the Constitutional Court in Pristina, had been declared innocent.

According to the Special Prosecutor's Act of the Republic of Kosovo, founded on April 10th 2020, Besim Beqaj is charged with being head of the Government Committee for Privatisation (KQP), as well as Mimoza Kusari-Lila, Nenad Rassic, Dardan Gashi and Lorik Fejzullahu, in order to provide any other rich benefit to the person and to cause harm to the other person, have exceeded its competencies.

According to the indictment, the same May 8, 2013, they unanimously voted that the hydropower plants, which generate electricity such as: The Lumbardide hydro power plant, Hidro power plant in Burim, Radavci's Hidro power plant and Hidro power plant “Dakance”, be transferred to the Kosovar Company for Distributation and Energy Supply (KKDFE) and then privatised by the company “Limak-Calick”

The same day, the indictment continues, the agreement for imports, the transfer agreement, the supply agreement, the implementation agreement, the debt agreement and the signing of these agreements has been signed, despite the fact that the same ones have not had to be transferred and privatised because such a thing prohibits the Law for Electrical Energy Regulatory with No. 05-L-04, Article 35, par4.

According to the PSRK, these assets have been under concession, as well as the recommendation of the IFC has been that the same remain within KEK's framework, and with these actions the same have damaged KEK's and Kosovo Government's interests as shareholders, namely, only for monthly rent for the remaining period, the damage is 1,054,000.00 euros, because the same action has had to be paid to KEK and not the privatisation company.

And other damage, according to P. The SRK is also the value invested in hydropower plants of 12,628,166.41 euros, which was not registered and presented as the value of pre-privation assets, but privatisation was made according to the value registered in 2003.

With these actions, P The SRK charges these with criminal abuse of official position or authority by Article 422, par 2 over Article 31 of the Republic of Kosovo.

Otherwise, the last session was held on 9 September, during which witness Blerim Krasniqi was heard.