Hakki Rugova today faces court over charges of conflict of interest

The last session in this case was held a year and six months ago.

This criminal case is back to zero, because former head of the court, Silas Lokaj, has retired. The subject is now passed to Judge Sami Shardaku.

Otherwise, at the initial review hearing held on January 17th 2019, accused Rugova had been declared innocent in connection with the corruption charge.

According to the act of Constitutional Prosecutor in Gjakova, founded on March 26, 2018, Haki Rugova is charged with acting as head of the Istog municipality on August 1, 2014, signing contracts with the “company. Ma-Con” sh.p.k. for building sewers for Cerca and Lubozhdez villages.

According to the indictment, at the moment of contract connection for construction work between the Istog municipality and the company “Ma-Con” sh.p.k. The company's director has been Gani Rugova, and the contract price 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 chief prosecutor of the Constitutional Prosecutor in Gjakova, we have agreed to send this criminal case to the authority of the Constitutional Prosecutor in Gjakova”, prosecutor Hadina Sina Sinja writes <2 use for Justice.

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.