In fact, Engert Pëllumbi should have been thanked and not attacked!

The Court of Appeal Against Corruption and Organized Crime - The appeal of GJKKO, expressed today in relation to the appeal made by SPAK against the decision of the First Instance of GJKKO, where the judge of the preliminary session decided to cancel the security measure against the subject under accusation Sali Berisha. With a monocratic body, the GJKKO Appeal decided to overturn the request of the SB for the termination of the security measure, as well as the replacement from "House arrest" to that of "Compulsion to appear before the judicial police".

This decision has caused harsh reactions towards him as an individual, without a doubt towards SPAK, GJKKO and Reform in Justice as a whole.

"Caught by Rama, justice spoke absurdities" , was more or less the line of comments.

But was the imposition of the personal security measure "Compulsion to appear before the judicial police" based on the law and evidence?

Let's analyze the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure on which the court refers when deciding the application of personal security measures.

– Section I of Chapter I of Title V of the Code of Criminal Procedure talks about the General Rules of Security Measures. Specifically, Article 228 talks about "Conditions for setting personal security measures" while Article 229 talks about "Criteria for setting personal security measures" (Photo No. 1). So, when the court decides on the application of security measures, it takes into account only the circumstances referred to in these two articles. In the specific case, letter "a" of paragraph 3 of article 228, theoretically, leaving the accused person without measures means that there is a risk for obtaining or the authenticity of the evidence. Whereas, that Berisha has a risk of flight (letter b) or a risk of committing another crime (letter c) is almost zero because he has proven his will to face justice and he no longer enjoys the state post, that of the prime minister, which commit another criminal act. This is about the conditions. As for the criteria, the suitability of the measure in relation to the level of insurance needs (paragraph 1 of Article 229) was resolved by the Constitutional Court when it stated that the application of the measure "Prohibition of exiting the country" was disproportionate as long as the court had also imposed the measure of "Compulsion to appear before the judicial police".

Gjithashtu, në referim të paragrafit 2 të nenit 229, gjykata ka marrë në konsideratë edhe marzhin e dënimit të veprës penale për të cilën akuzohet i pandehuri Sali Berisha. Kujtojmë këtu se vepra për të cilën akuzohet është ajo e “Korrupsioni pasiv i funksionarëve të lartë shtetërorë ose i të zgjedhurve vendorë” parashikuar nga neni 260 i Kodit Penal dhe që ka marzh dënimi nga 4 deri në 12 vite burgim. Pra, duket qartë se ka një marzh relativisht të lartë çka bën që gjykata ta ketë në konsideratë kur vendos për aplikimin ose jo të masës së sigurimit.

– Mbyllja e fazës së hetimeve paraprake po përdoret si argument që masa e vendosur nga Apeli i GJKKO është pa bazë ligjore. Por, nëse i kthehemi gërmës “a” në paragrafin 3 të nenit 228, si kusht për caktimin e masës së sigurimit është ekzistenca e rrezikut për marrjen apo vërtetësinë e provës. Nuk duhet të harrojmë faktin se në seancën e datës 16 dhjetor të vitit 2024, subjekti SB nuk ushtroi kërkesë për gjykimin e shkurtuar, ndryshe nga biznesmeni Fatmir Bektashi i cili zgjodhi të gjykohet me provat që kishte mbledhur prokuroria. Kjo do të thotë se z.Berisha humbet përfitmin e uljes të 1/3 së dënimit por gëzon të drejtën të marrë prova të reja, thërrasë dëshmitarë, të bëjë ballafaqime, kërkojë riekspertime e eksperimente si dhe çdo provë shkresore që nuk është marrë nga organi i akuzës gjatë fazës së hetimeve paraprake. Pra, që prova të ruhet dhe të mos pamundësohet marrja e saj, duhet që subjekti nën akuzë të ketë një masë shtrënguese. Marrja e provës ka të njëjtën rëndësi si në fazën e hetimeve paraprake ashtu edhe në çdo fazë tjetër. Kjo sepse referuar nenit 151 të Kodit të Procedurës Penale (Foto Nr.2) “Marrja e provave”, prova merret ose nga organi procedues ose nga gjykata, në varësi të fazës proceduriale në të cilën ndodhet çështja, në hetim apo gjykim.

Thënë ndryshe, zgjedhja e gjykimit të zakonshëm, hapi sërish diskutimin mbi rëndësinë e ruajtjes dhe marrjes së provës dhe është përgjegjësi e gjykatës që të bëjë vlerësimin e rrethanave në të cilat ndodhet çështja në tërësi. Nëse do të kishin shkuar me gjykim të zakonshëm, padiskutim që aplikimi i një mase shtrënguese është e panevojshme por mos të fshihemi pas gishtit pasi në praktikë, pothuaj asnjëherë gjykata nuk investohet në zëvëndësim apo shuarje mase deri sa vendimi të marrë formë të prerë.

– Pretendohet se gjykata doli jashtë objektit të ankimit të prokurorit. Pra, gjykata duhej të shprehej vetëm nëse Berisha duhej të qëndronte ose jo nën masën “Arrest shtëpie”. Ndërkohë, në paragrafin 4 të nenit 260 të Kodit të Procedurës Penale (Foto Nr.3) gjykata vendos edhe kryesisht për revokimin ose zëvendësimin e masës së sigurimit si gjatë marrjes në pyetje të personit të arrestuar ashtu dhe gjatë procedimit për sigurimin e provës, gjatë seancës paraprake apo edhe gjatë gjykimit. Në rastin konkret, çështja ndodhet në seancë paraprake.

So, Judge Engert Pëllumbi is not only the judge of the preliminary session, but also has the right to examine mainly the conditions and criteria for the application of the personal insurance measure. Also, the legality of the GJKKO's Appeal decision also consists in the fact that it has set a milder measure than what the prosecution requested. Paragraph 3 of Article 244 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Photo No. 4) restricts the court from giving a more severe measure than that of the prosecuting body. And in the specific case, when the prosecution requests a prison sentence and the court imposes an obligation to appear, the decision remains within the legal framework.

- Why should he appear at the Judicial Police because the file is no longer in the prosecutor's office. First, such a provision has been drafted, both in the title and in the content, where the subject under investigation maintains contact with a judicial police office, unlike the ban on leaving the country or the ban and obligation to stay in a certain place that imposes the court as the authority with which the defendant must maintain contact.

The discussion on the location of the file is done only on the question of the competence of which court will examine the request or appeal of the subjects. So, it guides the parties that it should be addressed to the court in which the file is located.

Thus, from what we have reasoned, we conclude that the GJKKO Appeal decision is based on the law and evidence. The claim of illegality does not seem to find space. If we were in the conditions of a court with political influence, Judge Pëllumbi would have to analyze some other facts and circumstances. That the potential witnesses who may be called during the trial are part of the PD structures, family members or close people in business. He had to take into consideration Berisha's overbearing type, the period of drawing up lists for MPs, the willingness of militants to sacrifice themselves for Berisha, and many other circumstances that may directly or indirectly affect the taking of evidence or the intimidation of witnesses. All of this would make Berisha at least return under the "House Arrest" security measure. But no, Judge Engert Pëllumbi showed once again that he enjoys independence in the exercise of his duties and that only the law is above him. Referring to the law, the measure "Compulsion to appear before the judicial police" should be applied to the defendant SB, and that the arrest requested by SPAK no longer meets the security needs.

Therefore, the Judge of Appeal of GJKKO today should have been thanked and exalted for the decision he took and not labeled as caught by politics or commenting on his physical appearance which is not his choice but which the Creator has forgiven him. These are signs that prove that you can have communism in your blood without knowing it and despite the fact that you are fighting in a right-wing party./blogu.al

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