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KPA upholds dismissal of Vlora prosecutor

Politiko 2025-06-16 17:16:43

KPA upholds dismissal of Vlora prosecutor

The Special Appeals Chamber, KPA, announced on Monday, June 16, the decision to uphold the dismissal from office of the prosecutor of Vlora, Hyrjet Lamaj, who was not present at the hearing. During the vetting process in the first instance, prosecutor Lamaj managed to overturn the burden of proof that was passed to him for three properties, but an apartment that was donated to him in 2015 by his brother was considered to have been the property of the subject of the revaluation from the beginning, a conclusion on which his dismissal was based on on May 26, 2023. Meanwhile, the KPK did not find significant problems in the criteria of character and professionalism.

Lamaj appealed the decision of the Independent Qualification Commission, KPK, as unfounded, claiming that the indications on which the Commission based its conclusion regarding the origin of the donated apartment are not accurate and contradict other evidence administered during the administrative investigation.

He argued that the apartment was purchased by his brother to be available to his parents so that they could monitor their health. Prosecutor Lamaj explained that he had always served his parents and when his brother finally decided to live in Italy, he donated this apartment to them so that it would be at their disposal.

The subject stated that his brother had the financial means to purchase this apartment and that there was no reason why he would make such a transaction with his brother to hide his wealth, when the selling party was his brother-in-law.

The subject's claims were not found convincing by the College either. According to the KPA, his brother bought the apartment next to that of prosecutor Lamaj, one day after the latter had bought it. It also turns out that his brother was not in Albania when this apartment was purchased.

The College underlined that the brother of the prosecutor Lamaj had bought two other apartments one floor above and there was no reason to make a third investment to accommodate the parents, when the other two apartments were located near the subject and could be offered care when they needed it. “The parents had the opportunity to use two other apartments of the brother, one floor above the subject, giving him the opportunity to take care of them”, the College concluded and added that it was proven that the parents had lived in the village since there was constant consumption of electricity in their apartment there.

Given the fact that the brother was not in Albania at the time of signing the contract, as well as the negative financial balance established for the purchase of assets by him, the College assessed that there are suspicions of false declaration for this asset. In conclusion, the majority of the College concluded that the subject has not reached a reliable level for the asset and his dismissal from duty was upheld. Reporter.al

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