Tear gas trial Salih Zyba has a request, links it to June elections

Meanwhile, regarding the next session, Zyba demanded that it be appointed in 45 days, because the election process will begin, reports “Justice Vowing”, broadcast Periscope

At this session, the parties' entry into the procedure and material evidence management was given.

Former delegation Zyba said she disputes the procedure thus far in this process, stressing that she considers that the work she put on burden is unfounded.

I consider that this work that tries to address us with the effort to make a measure is unfounded. I confirm the amount of procedure, in particular the lack of expertise for the evidence raised by the element called weapons to the use of persons who are suspected of being used, activity in themselves, and final purpose, and I believe that during the explanation I will illustrate these that I am declaring”, Zyba said.

Zuba's defender on official duty, lawyer Hasan Jashari proposed that in the following hearings expertise be drawn from the expert on relevant equipment to confirm the fact that the smoke used at the Kosovo Assembly session on March 21, 2018, enters the weapons group.

After that, we only have a report on the subject paperwork that only becomes the interpretation of the legal provision”, Jashar said.

For this, prosecutor Valdrin Krasniqi stated that for the expert's report drafted by the expert group, the Court has ruled on the verdict of June 6, 2024, with which it has rejected the attorneys' request -- which as part of these requirements has been to refuse expert management as evidence.

As Pacolli-Dalip's defender, lawyer Lavdrim Salihu said this indictment is flawed because we have no concreteisation of each accused's actions. He said his defense is accused of the MP's quality of committing actions as a device, but that, according to him, determining the task she has exercised, gives him political cootation.

On the other hand, Judge Sadij over the request for expertise and to specify the indictment in terms of concrete actions of the accused -- especially the timing of performing the possible criminal act, the prosecutor's opinion requested.

In this regard, prosecutor Krasniqi stated, among other things, that he reserved the right for this judicial review to become the precision of the indictment.

The session continued with the management of material evidence, where prosecutor Krasniqi listed the evidence in this case, among them: the expert's report, the decision of the Kosovo Parliament's chairmanship, the informational report, the site's report, along with the list of evidence, as well as the photo-alarm with photos from the site of the event and CDs with videos.

Afterward, lawyer Salihu stated that the expert's report should be declared as unacceptable and unintelligible evidence, for his compiler is unknown. So he declared himself to be averse to this.

For the report rejected by lawyer Salihu, the prosecutor Krasniqi said it contains all elements that should contain a report, considering that this report is sufficiently clear and that for its value as material evidence the court has established in June 2024.

Material evidence also opposed the defender of the accused Zyba, lawyer Jashar and defender of the accused Milaku, lawyer Veton Robaj. The defense also proposed video recording.

Judge Sadiki imposed the prosecution on 15 days to correct the indictment, while the next session will be scheduled after the parties accept this precision. Also, after that, the next sessions are expected to take place the video recording.

In this case, the accused Zyba asked the Court for the upcoming session to be scheduled no closer than 45 days, with the argument that the election process will begin.

Presequently, accused Zyba stressed that he has asked for prosecutor Valdrin Krasniqi's expulsion from this subject, while Judge Sabin Sadij replied that the case had been sent to chief prosecutor Zejrullah Gashi, who has rejected this request, so the session continues before the same prosecutor.

We remember that at the January 16th 2026 session, the accused Zyba raised doubts about the prosecutor's conflict of interest, stressing that he may have family ties with the former Secretary of the Parliament, and demanded verification of this connection, as well as the prosecutor's exclusion due to possible influence and nonprofessionalism.

Along with Zyba, Pacolli-Dalip and Milak is also charged with acting Minister of Internal Affairs Xhelal Svechla, but at the January 16th 2026 session, the Court decided to single out the criminal procedure against him after failing in the session, e-mailing that he is abroad.

The Constitutional Court in Pristina on June 6th, 2024 has confirmed the indictment of Svecla, Milak, Zyba and 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.

Unlike at the initial session held on March 26, 2024, the four accused had been declared 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 Sadiki case, the judge had announced that he reached the absolute prescription of prosecution.

According to the indictment provided by “Justice bet”, which turns up on July 29, 2019, Svechla, Milaku, Zyba and Pacoli-Dalip are charged that on March 21, 2018, around 12:10 until 15:40, several tear gas canisters had been fired into the Kosovo Assembly Hall, where the plenary hearing was being held.

It says that as a result, all MPs had been forced to free the House of Parliament, with which cases have failed to 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.

On the other hand, according to the second device, it is said that each alone committed criminal work “Peging the official person in performing official duties” from 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.