Blocking power in Uke Rugova and others, the judge is hidden from the session's record

Power outage in the Palace of Justice has caused court hearings in Uke Rugova's case to cease for a few minutes.

After restoring electricity to the hall, Judge Fatime Dermak said that the processr of what had happened in the session until the moment of power outage has not been preserved.

For this reason, the court called for the help of monitors in the hall to establish what he had declared until the moment of power outage, witness Fatos Mehmeti.

After that, the judge asked the witness to confirm that what is being found in the record is what he said earlier in his testimony. Similarly, prosecutor Florije Salihu-Shali has continued to re-professing witnesses the questions she had asked earlier during the session.

Otherwise, besides witness Mehmet at this hearing, witness Arben Hajdini is expected to testify.

This subject has been tried by Judge Naim Krasniqi-Jashnica, but after passing it from the Randa Crime Department to the General Department, it is currently tried by Judge Fatime Dermaku.

In this case, Uke Rugova, Astrit Haraqi of the other top three indictees who are being tried separately, following the isolation of the procedure against them, as according to former judge of the case Naime Krasniqi-Jasnica, in this form of judgment will be more effective, reports “Betim for Justice.

Previously, this case was judged by the mission EULEX, but after the end of their mandate, the subject had been transferred to the locals.

This subject was then appointed to Judge Naim Krasniqi-Jashnica, who had not scheduled a session in 2018, with the reason why this case was not a priority for the court.

After the matter had been transferred to local judges in January 2018, the first session attempt had been made after a year, in January 2019 respectively, but this session had failed in the absence of four indictees.

At the initial session held on August 30th 2016, Uke Rugova and others had pleaded innocent to the charges they are charged with. Innocent ones were also declared at the January 11, 2017, session.

The Special Prosecutor's Act of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK), founded on May 16, 2016, charges Uke Rugova that during May 2011 until February 2014, she managed a criminal group by supplying individuals with Schengen visas to the Italian Embassy in Pristina. All these visas are supposed to have been taken illegally through distortion or corruption.

The other indictment device also charges Rugova with criminal possession of unauthorized weapons where a pistol and two mags were found at his residence.

The Act, which was compiled by prosecutor Allen Cansick, stresses that the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo has accepted from the Italian Prosecutor in Rome a copy of their visa-related file including former Italian Ambassador to Kosovo Michael Giffoni.

Along with Uke Rugova in this case are Izet Beqiri, Florjan Petani, Qefser Baholli, Astrit Haraqija, Fitim Beqiri, Azad Beqiriaj, Liridona Beqiri, Cameron Avdyli, Ragip Gashi, Visar Beqiri, Azem Koskovku, Edisonaj, Beg Shaqiri, Zaqiri, Lumro Voca, Valon Selimi, Fadil Ahmeti and Haxhi Islami.

The prosecution claims that this group, as it calls it criminal, was aimed at providing material benefits in order for citizens to be equipped with Schengen visas from the Italian Embassy in Pristina. /Betimi for Justice/