18 minutes agoThe court orders Kurt to testify on Tuesday: What does the law say if he refuses?
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)The Constitutional Court in Pristina has issued an order for Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti to appear in Special Prosecution on March 4th at 10:00 to give his testimony about the state reserve scandal. This is confirmed by Mirlinda Gashi, spokeswoman for the Constitutional Court in Pristina. “
The Constitutional Court in Pristina has issued an order for Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti to appear in Special Prosecution on March 4th at 10:00 to give his testimony about the state reserve scandal.
This is confirmed by Mirlinda Gashi, spokeswoman for the Constitutional Court in Pristina.
The Special Department, at the request of the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo, with the court's order of the date 21,02.2025, has charged witness A.K., to appear in the quality of the witness, to give his testimony by the date of 04.03.2025 at 10:00, to the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo. The Foundation Court in Pristina é Special Department, dated 28,02.2025, through emal, has accepted the response of the Office of Prime Minister in connection with the Supreme Order of the Court” She said Nacional
What if you refuse?
The Code of Criminal Procedure, in his Article 132, speaks of the Witness's absence. According to this article, point 1. “When the witness who has been called in order does not appear, and does not reason, or without permission, and therefore leaves where you should be asked, the judge of the preliminary procedure on official duty or the request of the state prosecutor may force the witness to appear.”.
What if you refuse? “If the witness doesn't appear, the pre-procedure judge condemns him with fines up to two hundred-five-five-five-five-0) Euro for every time it doesn't appear”- it says there.
What if the rejection continues? If the witness continues to refuse to testify after being fined, he can be imprisoned as presented in paragraph 2 of this article. ”
Prison? Yeah. The Code of Criminal Procedure has also seen the detention of a witness so that “can challenge the law.
When the witness refuses to testify, he can be imprisoned. Prisoning lasts until the witness refuses to testify or until his testimony becomes unnecessary or until the procedure is completed but no more than a (1) month. ” says code.
