43 minutes agoStill no decision on the case “Venters”
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)It has been more than a year since the first-instance decision and the Court of Appeals has not yet given epilogue to the case known as “Veterians, where, for misuse of official office, former Prime Minister Agim Ceku, former Defence Minister Rrustem Berisha, former demalijaj deumbi, Nuredin Lushtaku, Sadik Halitajha, Qe Gashi, Shukry, [...]
According to the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK), the accused by misusing their official duty, as part of the KLA War Partier Commission for Recognition and Verification of the Status of the Nation's Witness, Invalid, Veteran, Partitor and Intervention, have caused damage to Kosovo's budget of 88.769.04 euros, reports <x1Betim for Justice”.
On these charges, the Constitutional Court in Pristina had taken a release act on January 19th, 2021.
The act in this case was compiled three months later, where P SRK had been able to file complaints against this act within 15 days.
From that time on, this subject is found in the Court of Appeals, the latter in a response to “Justice bet”, has announced that it is not yet set for the case.
Otherwise, the Constitutional Court in Pristina, on June 19, 2019, had confirmed the indictment for the case, while the Court of Appeals had confirmed the verdict in August 2019.
With the SPRK indictment, it was also required that the Constitutional Court in Pristina order the Ministry of Labour and Social Management (MPMS) to suspend payment of pensions for 19 thousand and 500 veterans, until the completion of the judicial process.
But, on April 1, 2019, the court had rejected this request, arguing that the proposal for provisional measures is not against the accused, but against the MPMS as the third party.
And after the hearings held, the Constitutional Court in Pristina, on January 19, 2021, has declared a free trial against the accused in this case.
According to the indictment prepared by former special prosecutor Elez Blakaj, the involved persons reportedly from 2011 to 2017, acting as members of the Government Commission for recognition and Verification of the Status of the Nation's Witness, Invaledit, Veteranit, Partitor and Intervention of the Kosovo Liberation Army's War, have used the duty and official authority, passing over competencies and failing to fulfill official duties in order to benefit other persons illegally, in order to continue, at the damage to the budget of the Republic of Kosovo.
In this indictment, there are 12 persons who were charged with criminal work “misusing official position or authority”.
As had been reported by “Justice Trust”, the list of accused persons led Agim Ceku, followed by Nuredin Lushtiu, Sadik Halitijaha, Shumbin Demaliaj, Qele Gashi, Shukri Buja, Ahmet Daku, Rrustem Berisha, Faik Fazliu, Smajl Elezaj, Fadil Shudaj and Xavit Jashar.
The PSRK, too, had proposed to this court to issue the measure to prevent the payment of illegally acquired pensions as KLA war crimes veterans, until the end of the criminal procedure.
In addition, according to the SPRK, evidence provided that illegal fees for KLA war veterans had been damaged in many of the Republic of Kosovo's 68,153,533.14 euros.
While, with the indictment handed down to the court on December 7th 2018, it was claimed that the Republic of Kosovo budget had been damaged in many of the 88.769,217.04 euros.
