File with prosecutor's claims against KEK chief

He is allegedly committing three criminal acts: misuse of official position or authority, exercise of influence, and conflict of interest.

The newspaper Insander brings you the full file with the prosecution's claims against KEK's chief:

According to the prosecution, allegations are that the defendant in this case chief KEK chief has been illegally charged with selling the electricity with the goal of enrichment.

“... There are full reasons since the alleged actions of the defendant, the Republic of Kosovo budget has been caused huge material damage when it comes to the fact that we are dealing with The sale and purchase of electricity, Problem with this only known tax payers of our country. On the other hand, the final goal in these criminal acts is illegal property profit for itself or the other person and causing harm to the other person by operating under official duties”, the file provided by Insander says.

Nagip Krasniqi is charged with illegally binding contracts with several economic operators among them Little SA.

According to the case prosecutor, KEK's chief chief, suspected by 2022, has misused his official office.

Among the abuses mentioned are the case with economic operator Little SA. It's about a tender of over 3.4m euros with negotiated procedure.

The contract Isander reported exclusively.

And for which the prosecution stresses that for this tender by the commission it was deemed a recommended annulment.

“... After reviewing and analyzing subject paperwork, it's a well-founded suspicion that the defendant from 2022 has misused his official position in the manner that by exploiting his official office, in the quality of Keck's chief executive, on January 26th. 2023, has contracted harmful contracts contrary to the Public Procure Law by violating Article 7, Article 35 par.3, Article 35 pars. 2.1zii), and Article 57 par.2 of this law, so that by acting with the tender KEK-23-130-5, named as “The emergency capital resolution of the A5 “bloc, under procedure negotiated without the publication of the contract announcement, has been contracted. At the price of 3,495,392.42 euros., changing the specific terms of the contract in order to adapt this economic operator despite the fact that the awarding commission had previously recommended cancelling this procurement activity to argue that the economic operator “Latein Sa” has not adhered to terms of contracting authority Which had sought to change the specific conditions”, it says in the file Insider provided.

Always according to the prosecution, the chief chief chief had postponed his dependence on signing contracts in the concrete case to the chief of the prosecution, even though the prosecutor had announced the recommendation for annulment of the contract.

“... for which defendant Nagip Krasniqi had written down chief of procurement Ymer Dragusha to sign this contract, which the contract by not executing the Corporation has caused damage and direct and irreparable financial consequences to damage the budget of the Republic of Kosovo”.

The “contains the doubt that in the time period described as superior the defendant has exerted the intention of profiting himself or the other person, in the manner that the fraud of the chief of procurement duty, Ymer Dragusha has ordered in writing to sign the contract mentioned above despite the fact that the procurement chief had announced that this tender from the evaluation Commission has been recommended to be annulled with the reasonings described above, and Ymer Dragusha being pressured by this order has been obeyed, further said in the file.

According to the procurement, Nagip Kransiqi in the quality of the official person has personally participated on official procurement issue in that way that being aware that the economic operator has financial interest after signing the contract with him with negotiated procedure.

The evidence that has been used is photo documentation and other material evidence.

The prosecutor has suggested that in this case, most of them subordinate Krasniqi.

All these claims have been rejected by Krasniqi's defence, Taulant Feriz.

The defence has stated that “none of the conditions for the detention measure is met, and the request for the appointment of this measure on the part of the prosecution is completely unbased and does not receive on the basis of any single evidence which would prove the fulfilment of the conditions in question“.

KEK chief chief chief Nagip Kransiqi will remain in custody until 19 May.