"You were thinking about your career" - Fatmir Xhafaj criticizes the Supreme Court of Kosovo: The implementation of the new judicial map is a big mistake, I told you from the beginning

2026-07-09 15:47:38Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"You were thinking about your career" - Fatmir Xhafaj criticizes the

As the country's courts are facing a very high number of unfinished files and an insufficient number of judges or even facilities where court hearings can be held, for the head of the parliamentary Committee on Civic Initiatives, Cooperation and Institutional Oversight, the "Achilles' heel" remains the new judicial map that is being implemented.

"I was against the judicial map precisely for this reason and we were in the upper chamber and I told the High Judicial Council that you can do this, but you can do it in a transitional phase because you don't have the infrastructure to enable this."

You insisted and you want my opinion, why did you insist? To make room for some members of the Supreme Judicial Council at that moment to move to the Appeals Court.

"There are impacts within the system regarding the evaluation and promotion system of judges," said Xhafa.

These statements were made during the review and approval in principle of the draft resolution "On the evaluation of the activity of the High Judicial Council for the year 2025".


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