At the end of March, the retrial of Ferid Agani begins for the case known as “Stanta”

The information official at the Constitutional Court in Pristina, Mirlinda Gashi, has confirmed that the date of the retrial has been set, while the judge has been appointed Mejtim Krasniqi.

“S. It is scheduled to be held on March 23rd, 2021 at 09.30, the judge of the case is Judge Sejtim Krasniqi”, said in response to the “Act for Justice, official Gashi,

In this case, for misuse of official position or authority, former Health Minister Ferid Agani and former ministry secretary Gani Shaban are being charged. Both had been found guilty in April 2019. Agan had been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and Shaban to two years in prison.

But, following complaints exercised at the second-instance court, this act of Constitutional Court in Pristina had been annulled by the Court of Appeals in December 2019 and the subject had turned into retrial.

Since then, a year and three months have passed, the district judge has changed. but no session was held.

Initially, during the first trial, this subject was judged by a jury led by Judge Shadije Grguri. The latter, in July 2019, was spent at the Special Department of the Foundation Court in Pristina.

After returning to the retrial by Appeals, this subject was divided to Judge Kujtim Krasniqi. Still not holding a hearing with Judge Krasniqi, the latter was also advanced to the Special Department of the Foundation Court in Pristina.

After the nomination of Judge Krasniqi, the subject had been put to work by Judge Media Bytyqi. So at least it was said in an answer to February 4th, 2021, by the Constitutional Court in Pristina, for “The Justice Trust”.

But, according to another response that <x0Betim from Justice” has accepted from the Foundation Court in Pristina on March 5, 2021, case “Stanta”, however, will continue to be tried by Judge Kujtim Krasniqi.

By contrast, State Prosecutor, on June 15, 2016, had filed charges against former Health Minister Ferid Agani, MS Secretary General Gani Shaban and 62 other people for criminal acts “the misuse of official position or authority”, “bribe taking”, “bribery”, <6> irresponsive medical treatment”, “The legal and pharmaceutical activity anti-ax> and <x>

On February 26, 2018, this case was isolated in three parts, so accused Agan and Shaban are tried separately, while over 40 public hospital doctors are charged in the case known as “Stanta 2”, while private hospital owners are charged in case “Stanta 3”

Former Minister Agani, along with former Health Ministry Secretary Gani Shaban, is accused of misusing their official position on the case of linking private hospitals co-operation agreements, as well as sharing tools for patients treated in these hospitals.

According to the indictment, there is good-based doubt that in the January 1st 2011 to December 31, 2015, accused Agani and Shaban, acting in co-ordination with each other and in co-operation with the other indictees in this case, Ali Hocaoglu and Borche Petrovski and violating the Public Procurement Law have misused their position.

Such a thing, according to the prosecution, the accused Shaban in the quality of the secretary-general in the MSH, had signed co-operation agreements on providing health services that were not offered to public institutions.

These agreements he allegedly signed with private hospitals International Medicine Hospital (IMH) and Intermed The EDA, without announcing the tender for providing these services.

While the indictment continues, accused Agan on the quality of the Ministry of Health, allegedly failed to prevent the signing of these agreements, even though they had been contrary to the public procurement law. However, the same had influenced the accused Shaban to become their signature and, after signing these agreements, continued to misuse of official office and authority by overcoming their competencies, where they had deliberately and knowingly not taken action to supply cardiology at QUKU, but rather, in co-operation with Honkaoglu and Petrovski, were paid to the IHM and private hospitals. EDA's worth 4,555,553.00 euros.

There, according to the indictment, Agan and Shaban had committed the criminal offence of abuse of office or official authority, with which they had damaged Kosovo's budget in many of the 4,555,553.00 euros.

Both of the accused had been acquitted of charges charged in the initial review held on February 26, 2018.

Otherwise, when it is about five years since the establishment of the indictment in this case, the judicial epilogue of this charge does not appear even near.

While the case “Stanta 1”, had once received an epilog in the first degree and has already turned into retrial, two other cases, “Stanta 2” and “Stanta 3” still stands on trial in the first instance. In case “Stanta 3”, only one judicial examination session, and in case “Stanta 2”, several sessions have been held, but the issue still remains in the witness hearing phase.

In this criminal case, investigations were initially conducted against 116 physical persons and 4 legal persons. However, for 56 physical persons, no legal conditions have been met to be included in this indictment, so the same investigations have ceased. After the indictment was filed, the prosecution had renounced prosecution of cardiologist Africa Bekteshi, arguing that the same was wrongly involved in the indictment.