4 hours agoKosovo's interest in Hakki Rugova is expected to continue for conflict
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)At the Constitutional Court in Pec today, judgment is expected to continue against Istog's first, Haki Rugova, who by the Gjakova Prosecutor, is accused of criminal work of conflict of interest. The last session for this occasion was scheduled on January 22, but the same had failed to be held because of [...]
The last session for this case was scheduled on January 22nd this year, but the same had failed to be held due to the lack of prosecutor of the case, Ali Uka, defendants Haki Rugova and his defender, lawyer Besnik Berisha.
Otherwise, at the initial review hearing held on January 17th 2019, accused Haki Rugova was declared innocent over the corruption charge.
According to the act of Constitutional Prosecutor in Gjakova, founded on March 26th of 2018, Haki Rugova is accused of acting as head of the Istog municipality on August 1, 2014, he has signed contracts with a company for the construction of channeling for Cerca and Lubozhdez villages.
According to the indictment, at the moment of contracting for construction work between the municipality of Istog and the company in question, the company's director has been Gani Rugova, and the price of the contract has been 289,119.85 euros.
The prosecution's body claims that by these actions, accused Rugova, has enabled his brother, Gani Rugova, financial interest, to accuse him of committing the criminal work of conflict of interest.
Initially this subject was sent to the Constitutional Prosecutor in Pec, she had been delegated to prosecutor Haxhi Sinanaj, respectively.
But, the latter, on January 17th 2018, was directed to the head prosecutor of the Constitutional Prosecutorship in Gjakova, Ali Selimaj, and after consulting with Apel's chief prosecutor, Haxhi Derguti, as well as Agim Kurmehaj, the subject has been delegated to the Constitutional Prosecutor in Gjakova.
“The reason for sending this criminal case to the competence of this criminal case for defendant Haki Rugova is the fact that, in the same time that we have long known and are in social reports, so to be a fair and independent investigation, following consultation with Apel's chief prosecutor and the chief prosecutor of the Constitutional Prosecutor in Gjakova, we have agreed to send this criminal case to the authority of the Constitutional Prosecutor at Gjakova”, prosecutor Hadina Sinay wrote.
By contrast, Hakki Rugova, in the local elections of 2017, had won another term for the third time at the head of the Istog municipality. / Justice Trust
