Judgment fails in the case of 53 million

In this case, former Infrastructure Minister Paul Lekaj, Eset Berisha, his senior political adviser, Nebil Shatri, former Secretary General at the Ministry of Infrastructure (MI) and Besim Tahiri, director of Public Procurement in MI, are accused of misusing official office.

This has been made known to Judge Violet Namani, the chairman of the court, reports “The Justice Act”.

According to Judge Naman, the same one has previously announced the head of the department that for health reasons I cannot introduce.

So, in the absence of legal conditions, today's hearing was postponed, and the session scheduled for May 16th has been cancelled as well.

Bedri Hamza and Fitim Krasniqi, who have been scheduled to be heard today in witness quality, were present.

And the next sessions were scheduled for 12, 13, 14, and July 17, 2023.

Otherwise, even at the initial session held on May 4, 2022, Lekaj and others had declared themselves innocent of the criminal offense.

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK) on February 4th, 2022, filed charges against Paul Lekaj, Eset Berisha and Nebih Shatri.

And on February 19, 2022, The PSRK announced that in this regard, on February 18th, an indictment has also been filed against Besim Tahiri.

According to the indictment filed on 4 February 2022 by the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo, Paul Lekaj, in the quality of the Ministry of Infrastructure Minister (MI), Eset Berisha, his senior political adviser, Nohbi Shatri, as secretary-general in this ministry, in co-operation and deliberately and even with defendant Besim Tahiri, director of Public Procurement in MI, are accused of misuse of official office.