Can arrest warrants be issued for Kurt?

Kosovo's incumbent Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, could be pronounced fine and imprisoned in the event he fails to respond to the Constitutional Court order in Pristina to submit to the Special Prosecutor on 4 March of this year.

For the same, however, official arrest warrants cannot be issued because he is required to issue his statement in the quality of the witness.

So say law connoisseurs, until they assume that in case of imprisonment, it can last until the witness refuses to testify or his testimony becomes unnecessary, or until the procedure is completed.

The Constitutional Court in Pristina yesterday has indicated that it has issued an order tasking Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti to appear on 4 March in the Kosovo Special Prosecutor to give his testimony in the quality of the witness, in an open case concerning allegations of abuses with state reserves.

Lawyer Ardian Bajraktari in a proposal for Kosovo Preress commented that, in the past, prime ministers in Kosovo were received statements at their offices within the Government.

According to him, it has not been officially confirmed, even if it happened before, but even Kurt's case, it's a bad practice.

Bajraktari argued that the possibility of the witness giving testimony outside the prosecutor's offices is disfellowshipped circumstances, citing the burdened state of health.

Bajraktari argued that if the witness does not appear in the prosecutor following the court-appointed order, the same could be pronounced fines of up to 250 euros and could be imprisoned, but no more than 30 days.

According to him, in the case of incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti, there can be no arrest warrant, as he is summoned to the quality of the witness.

The same is true in a written answer to attorney Arber Jashar. If even after the court order, the witness does not appear again, then the court can punish him until 250 euros, whenever he does not appear. And if the witness again refuses to respond to justice, then 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 month”, Jashar said.

Meanwhile, according to political expert light Arifi, Kurt's refusal to testify in the justice organs is unacceptable.

According to him, Kurt is trying to victimize himself.

On February 19th, the Constitutional Court confirmed that the Special Prosecutor has asked him to order Prime Minister Kurti to appear in witness quality after Kurti had rejected the two previous invitations, writes Kosovas Prees.

On Friday, February 28th, the prime minister's office has been addressed through a letter to the Constitutional Court in Pristina, demanding that the Special Prosecutor take the testimony of Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, within his government office.

Kurti has been invited as a witness in the case of state reserves, where the prosecution is conducting investigation into possible abuses by several government officials.

Two MINT officials are charged by the director of the State Reserves Department, Hafiz Gara, European Integrations Director Irfan Lipovica and Ridvan Muharremi, businessman.

The Aquasa body charges the Lipovica Race with bypassing the Public Procurement Law when they demanded that goods be bought without procedures, but with negotiation.

The prosecution in the file says Kosovo's budget has been damaged by 600 thousand euros as a result of not coming oil, sugar and 52 tonnes of wheat.