The president considers pardoning the sentence for a 66-member prisoner last year

66 requests for forgiveness of the prison sentence have gone to the office of the President of Kosovo only during 2023.

But Vjosa Osmani is considering only 1 of them to forgive, since 3 persons have been sent by the evaluation commission.

“From the Commission, three (3) convicts have been recommended for forgiveness. In this regard, Article 31 (1) of Order ( P) No. 02/2017 for Criterret and Procedures for Forgiveness of Described Persons is determined: The president examines the Commission's report and appreciates the Commission's recommendations, approves or disapproves of them, decides to extend forgiveness other than what has been recommended, or decides not to forgive”, says the Presidency Office.

So based on Order ( P) No. 02/2017, the president has the capacity to review and approve the Commission's recommendation. After receiving these recommendations, during the president's screening process, as defined by legislation in force, we have been notified by the Ministry of Justice that the two persons recommended by the Commission, have been released from the Treaty for Freedom with Kusht, so there is no need to proceed by decree. While the Commission's third recommendation is in the process of review by President”, it follows.

But Osman has not forgiven anyone so far, nor for any official party as it was in the past, what according to KMDLNJ, is unfair and disappointing for prisoners.

The greatest disappointment comes from the Commission itself, which recommends to the president those who meet the criteria for forgiveness and continue to be forgiven. That's why the commission should be free-hand”, Valentina Demolli declared by KMDLNJ.

And according to lawyers, forgiveness of critters is motivation and affects their resocialization.

“motivates them for good conduct and for their recommunication with that goal of achieving, parole or pardon from the president not using this institute to send a bad message, to convicts for correct behavior during the suffering of their punishment and re-socialisation, so I think the president should take advantage of it more, this institute certainly respecting the law of procedures, criminal acts<1>, lawyer Ahmet Tahiri said.

The last “we are witnesses to the failure to exercise this component, which is extremely discouraging for prisoners and persons who are convicted of”, has declared former Secretary of Justice at the Ministry of Justice, Ardian Bayraktari.

In 2022, 195 requests had gone to the office of the president of Kosovo, and none of them had been forgiven.

Since 2009, more than 300 people have been pardoned by the presidency, until Osman's predecessor, Hashim Thaci, had pardoned over 10 prisoners during his term. / RTV Dukagini