Proposed as a witness, will Limaj testify on Hasani's Begaj trial

The Pristina Constitutional Court has held yesterday's trial in the case where the former mayor of Malisheva, Ragip Begaj, and others are being charged with corruption.

Also charged in this case is former Trade and Industry Minister Bajram Hasani. His lawyer, Ymer Huruglica, has proposed hearing Ramush Haradinaj and Fatmir Limaj as a witness.

This proposal, Hurglica argued that at the time of Prime Minister Haradinaj and Limaj deputy prime minister, the decision has been made for the cadastral areas of Bellanica, Senik and Banja to declare areas of particular interest in establishing the economic zone.

According to him, these witnesses will explain what had been the reason for these three cadastral areas to declare areas of particular interest, as the accused Hasani at the time he was the minister of commerce has done only draft proposal in Government.

This proposal was rejected by the prosecutor of the case, Naim Abazi, but was approved by the chairman of the court, Judge Vesel Ismaili.

But will Limaj testify in this case? In a response to Gazeta Express, Limaj has said he has yet to receive an invitation to testify.

“No, I didn't accept (the offer)”, Limaj said.

Asked if he would testify, if such an invitation were to come, Limaj has responded to <x0 natural”.

The Express newspaper has also sent questions to AAKA leader Ramush Haradinaut to ask whether he will testify, but the same s' returned.

What are Begaj and others accused of?

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK) on July 1st, 2021, has filed charges against indictees Ragip Begaj, Hajdin Berisha, Berisha, Bash Krasniqi, Malia Krasniqi, Bajram Hasani, Faton Thaqi, Nazmi Caffejolli and Ahmet Candmanaj.

According to the indictment, Ragip Begaj, Hajdin Berisha, Bashkim Krasniqi, Malë Krasniqi, Bajram Hasani, Nazmi Caffegilli and Faton Thaqi are charged with having committed the criminal work of “Kest misuse of official position or authority”.

Ahmet Canthmanaj, charged with criminal work “Money laundering”, while Nazim Caffejoll is also charged with criminal activity “Deception”.

According to the indictment, Begaj is charged with exploiting the quality of the Malisheva municipality chairman, in co-ordination with then Minister of Trade and Industry Bajram Hasani and the deputy minister of this ministry, Faton Thaqi, using their official position with the aim of illegally benefiting rich benefits, have enabled expropriation in the cadastrale Banja, Bellanica and Senik areas of particular interest.

According to the indictment act, the Krasniqi Union in the quality of the director for Geodeze and Kadasser, Male Krasniqi in the quality of Geodesia services chief Hajdin Berisha in the quality of the municipality's deputy chairman and Faton Thaqi in the quality of deputy minister, are charged that, in co-ordination from May 22nd to June 5, 2018, depending on the positions, they have exploited the official authority, overcoming their competencies have enabled the area of special economic interest with the purpose of establishing the Economic Zone in the municipality in Malistraa, there are Baydà, and the procedures that continue with the procedures.

The charge in the indictment reportedly accused Male Xansanqi, having known about the creation of the Economic Zone, had acquired property in the Bunja and Ladrovc cadastral areas at a price of 25 euros per gold, knowing that these properties would be expropriated by the Government of Kosovo, where the price would be much higher.

According to the indictment of accused Nazmi Cafjolli, he is charged with renting the property of the late M.H. where he raised orchards for what he had obtained grants from the Ministry of Agriculture.

In addition, according to the accusation act, Ahmet Canthmanaj from 2007 to 2013 in a continuation of knowing that social-owned land parcels have been bought and created with criminal activities, transferred and at the same time attempted to transfer property for the purpose of hiding or hiding nature and avoiding legal consequences.

The accuser reportedly privatised the properties of “Newco Mirusha” agricultural land in the Basja cadastral areas, Bellanica and Senik in the Malisheva municipality at an artificially low price of 1,22,333.00 euros surface of 1,157 hectares of gold for 99 years, for this the accused on 11 July 2013 has been carrying land on behalf of the now-born MH person. As a profiter of land on the surface of 203 acres and 11 gold, where the accused had transferred 200 thousand euros to bank accounts, but the same had returned to the late M.H. and all this was done in order to speak of the trade that had happened in 2007.