6,609 Albanian citizens complained and sent letters to the Vetting for the judges and prosecutors, whom they accused of being corrupt and biased, but also showed their hidden assets.
As it is calculated that the vetting in the KPK will end before the end of December, as TCH learns, citizens' denunciations are being directed towards the Special Appeal Board that will continue to examine the complaints of those not confirmed in office, or the objections of the international ONM observers.
The first level of vetting confirmed for TCH that since the start of the first session in 2018, 802 decisions have been announced, while three members of the judiciary, specifically one judge and two legal assistants, have not been checked.
370 were confirmed in office and 267 were dismissed from office. But while among those confirmed, I found that their dismissal was requested on appeal, the KPA, which has the role of the constitutional court in Albania for vetting, directed all those dismissed
Here in the Strasbourg court, 130 unconfirmed judges and prosecutors have filed an appeal, for whom the triple process found problems with assets and clean image.
The files of those dismissed who claim irregular process are under review. In five years, Strasbourg has announced seven decisions, most of which give the right to vetting
However, among the seven decisions, only one decision has been announced for the return to duty and it is for the prosecutor Antoneta Sevdari who won and for which Strasbourg calls "disproposal procession" for this reason the Albanian state was fined by Strasbourg.
With the closing of the vetting process in the KPK, the mandate of the public commissioner ends, who will be replaced in the Appeal by SPAK supported by international observers.
The vetting process ends in December and the next battle will be moved to Strasbourg./ TCH