Tear gas in the Assembly, ex-Deputes Haxhi Shala and Ismail Kurteshi are found guilty

The act on Shala and Kurteshi was proclaimed Friday by Judge Erroll Gashi, reports the “Justice Trust”.

Under that decision, the sentence in question, Kurteshi and Shala will not be held if in two years they do not commit any other criminal acts.

The court also charged them with the expenses of the procedure, each separately to many of the 50 euros and the compensation of crime victims to 30 euros.

While, in terms of criminal work “Pinginging the official person during office tasks” has been reached, thus, the conform indictment article Article 363, par.1, subpar.1.3 of the Penal Procedure Code has been rejected. So, the excise was refused for point 2 and 3.

Otherwise, this case has been tried at the Randa Crime Department, but then the subject is passed for trial at the General Department, Judge Erroll Gashi.

According to the indictment exercised on January 8, 2016, Ismajl Kurteshi and Haxhi Shala were charged that on November 30, 2015, around 11:00 at the Plenare Session Hall in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo in Pristina, with the goal of cutting off the work of the session, they threw tear gas, which they owned without authorization.

Under the indictment, while the Parliament Speaker was informing MPs on the agenda, accused Kurteshi and Shala had activated tear gas.

For these actions, Ismajl Kurteshi and Haxhi Shala were accused of committing criminal work “the use of weapons or dangerous tools” by Article 375, par.1 of KPRK.

Kurteshi and Shala were also charged with obstructing official persons in performing official duties, members of police and MPs of the Kosovo Republic of Kosovo Assembly respectively.

One such thing, Haxhi Shala was accused of doing it in the quality of the MP from the Initiative's ranks for Kosovo, so that several other MPs have tried to afford to join MP Albin Kurti in police members of Kosovo, as well as dropped tear gas, unable to hold the plenary session.

Kurteshi, on the other hand, was accused of throwing tear gas into the House Hall at the November 30th 2015 session, unable to keep the session.

For these actions, Kurteshi and Shala were also accused of criminal activity “Peging the official person in performing official duties” by Article 409, par.1 concerning Article 81 of the Penal Code. /Betimy for Justice