The possibility of arrest warrants under consideration, Victory Pacolli says he has not received an invitation from the Court.

In the absence of Victory deputy Pacolli-Dalip, for the second time, the session has failed at the Constitutional Court in Pristina on Wednesday, in the case where she and incumbent Minister of Internal Affairs Jelal Svecla, the next deputy of Vetevendosje, Salih Zyba and former deputen Drita Milaku are charged with throwing tear gas at the Kosovo Assembly in March 2018.

The case judge, Sabit Sadij, said that to accuse Pacolli 'Dalipi, the court has issued the ordinance for forced behaviour, but police service has not carried out the request properly since the ordinance was due today, while the court has accepted a report yesterday that the accused was not in its home. In this regard, Sadikaj said that to accuse Pacolli dealt with Dalipi will repeat the ordinance for forced behaviour in the session, and eventually the possibility of arrest or detention will be considered, reports the “Justice Betrimim”.

However, Vetevendosje Movement deputy Victory Pacolli, through a Facebook response, has said she has not received an invitation from the Constitutional Court in Pristina for hearing on the tear gas issue, shortly after it was disclosed by this court that police have failed to bring her under obligation to the session. The same was true of media attacks on the news.

The trial has my home address and it knows exactly where I live. If they really sent an invitation and didn't find me at home, it's a legal duty of police or mail service to leave a notice of their presence, either to set a different date or to notify me to appear in court”, she wrote on Facebook.

Pacolli has said he is ready to co-operate with justice and awaits formal reporting procedures.

At this session, the accused Jhelal Svecla was present with his lawyer, Laur Praj, accused Drita Milaku with her lawyer Veton Robaj, the defender of Pacolli-Dalip- lawyer Lavdrim Salihu, as well as accused Salih Zyba, who sought by the Court to appoint a lawyer under official duty from Oda lawyers. Also present was prosecutor Valdrin Krasniqi.

In the absence of legal conditions, the session has been postponed for another date.

The Constitutional Court in Pristina on 6 June 2024 has confirmed the indictment of Interior Affairs Minister Jalal Svecla and Drita Milaku, Salih Zyba and Victory Pacolli-Dalip, for dropping tear gas in the Assembly in March 2018. The Foundation's decision, however, was later confirmed by the Court of Appeals.

At the initial session held on March 26th 2024, Minister Svecla and three MEPs Millaku, Zyba and Pacolli-Dalip had declared themselves innocent of dropping tear gas in the Assembly.

Minister Svecla and the three deputies, Millaku, Zyba and Pacolli-Dalip were also charged with criminal acts “Pegim of the official person in performing official duties”, but for this work at the initial session of Sabit Sadikuj case, the judge had announced he reached the absolute prescription of prosecution.

According to the indictment, which turns out to be set up on July 29, 2019, Svecla, Milaku, Zyba and Pacolli-Dalip are charged that on March 21, 2018, around 12:10 p.m. until 15:40, they had lit up some tear gas canisters, which were thrown into the Kosovo Assembly Hall, where the plenary sessions were held.

It says that as a result, all MPs had been forced to free the House of Parliament, with what cases they could not continue the session.

With this, each alone is accused of committing criminal work “the use of weapons or dangerous tool” by Article 375, paragraph 1 of the Penal Code, whose owner is sentenced to imprisonment of one to eight years.

And according to the second device, it is said that each alone committed criminal work “The possession of the official person in performing official duties” by Article 409, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, after obstructing Kosovo Assembly deputies in carrying out official duties. The head of this work is sentenced to imprisonment of three months to three years.

Police fail to bring Victory Pacolli under obligation, Court examines arrest warrants or MP's detention