10 minutes agoThe lawyer talks about Periscope, tells what Kurt can happen after he refuses to witness in Special
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Even though it had not been submitted twice to give his testimony to the country's prime minister, Albin Kurti has been called for the third time to appear at the special prosecutor's facility to give his testimony in witness quality, Periscope reports. But Friday the prime minister [...]
Even though it had not been submitted twice to give his testimony to the country's prime minister, Albin Kurti has been called for the third time to appear at the special prosecutor's facility to give his testimony in witness quality, Periscope reports.
However, on Friday, incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti said he had no intention of respecting the prosecution's call.
The successive refusal seems to cost Kurt.
Lawyer Jevdet Smakqi, in an answer to Periscope, said Kurti could be charged with fines of 250 Euros.
It can be fined by 250 Euros. This can be repeated, since there is limit”.
And besides fines, stubborn towards the institutions of justice, Kurt can also cost in detention.
” If the judge considers confident that he will not appear, he could approve the maximum detention of 30 days”, the lawyer said.
Article 132 paragraph 1 is not showing and fined for 30-day detention. Article 132 paragraph 2, when he refuses to give a witness to Kurti, or he refuses, but if there are conditions and this situation continues until witness testimony is important to justice organs or until the end of the Penal Procedure”, Smakqi said.
The Special Prosecutor called Prime Minister Albin Kurti to testify in a case relating to a previous criminal offence involving Article 414 of the Kosovo Criminal Code, but without providing any details about the case, but with Article sanctioning works related to “misusing official position or authority<1>.
The refusal of Prime Minister Kurti to give a witness to the Prosecution Office argues about the fact that, as stated in Kurti's response, he has strong doubts that the Prosecution call has no legal but political motive, but”, due to the fact that, “punishment for years in the pursuit of high profile corruption cases and instead of addressing these problems, is trying to create a false perception against Prime Minister<3>.
More reported in response, <x0th of this has also been motivated by the prime minister's public stance against Mr. Blerim Isufaj as chief state prosecutor” Kurti says there are “there are cases documented in Kosovo, but even more broadly, where senior institutional officials have been interviewed in their environments, not at the Prosecutor's Office.
State Stocks Case
In August 2023, police arrested three people, two of whom were employees of the Ministry of Industry, Undertaking, and Trade, in a prosecution investigation into state reserves involving Mille, medicine, oil, sugar, hygienic products, oil, and so on, that the state should provide for use in the event of a state of emergency.
In the Ministry of Commerce, raids were conducted after publishing an audio-inctation from the Nacional newspaper, where a quantity of oil, purchased in Poland, and a quantity of wheat, purchased in Turkey, had never reached Kosovo.
Following the refusal Prime Minister Kurti is leading to go bearing witness to the prosecutor's offices, the Penal Procedure Code reportedly that the court at the request of the State Attorney could force a witness to appear for Téu questioned. If after the court order the guest does not appear in the prosecutor, the judge condemns him with a fine of 250 euros, whenever he refuses. But if there is a series of rejection after the proclamation of fines, he can be imprisoned, but no more than a month./Periscopi/
