The dissolution of the Courts of Appeal, who are the three judges who hold the fate of the DP in their hands

After the merger of the Courts of Appeal, the judge who will examine the case of the stamp of the DP has been appointed.

After the drawing of lots, Elona Mihalin was appointed as relator judge, while members are Irida Kacerja and Astrit Kalaja, who will decide who enjoys the DP.

Judge Elona Mihali

He passed the vetting in January last year. After verification, it turned out that the family's two assets, an apartment in Tirana and another in Vlora, were bought by the family before Mihali was appointed as a judge.  

In the hearing, no problems were identified for the other two criteria, clean image and professionalism.

Elona Mihali completed her studies at the Magistrate's School in 2013 and completed her professional internship at the Court of Tirana. In January 2014, Mihali was appointed to the Court of Vlora, where he currently serves.

Judge Irida Kacerja

He was also confirmed in office by the Independent Qualification Commission a year ago.

During the hearing, the findings of the KPK were positive for the purity of the image and the wealth of the subject. Meanwhile, for the third criterion, the KPK raised serious claims about the professionalism and ethics of the judge, mainly based on a series of denunciations received by the Commission on matters reviewed by the subject and a preliminary inspection report made by the former High Council of Justice .

The complaints had come to the KPK from various citizens, a group of judges of the Shkodra Court and in one case from a former inspector of the High Council of Justice, who had compiled the preliminary report on the subject in 2011.

 At the hearing, at least two of the denunciations mentioned by the KPK against Judge Kacerja turned out to be 'falsified', since in one case the denunciation had died before sending the denunciation, while the former inspector of the Supreme Council of Justice denied it. had sent the denunciation, through a statement presented by the subject in the hearing.

Judge Astrit Kalaja

The Independent Qualification Commission confirmed Judge Kalaja on December 20, 2019 with the votes of the head of the team Olsi Komici and the relator Lulzim Hamitaj. While member Brunilda Bekteshi voted against.

Komisioneri Publik Florian Ballhysa argumentoi se gjyqtari Kalaja ka kryer deklarim të pasaktë dhe të pamjaftueshëm për një apartament me sipërfaqe 109,5 m2 në Shkodër, si dhe për një sipërfaqe toke prej 379 m2 në Velipojë ku gjendet dhe një ndërtim informal përdhes 60 m2.

Për blerjen e apartamentit në vitin 2009 Kalaja ka deklaruar si burim një kredi bankare prej 3 milionë lekësh, e garantuar fillimisht me hipotekën e një apartamenti të mëparshëm, por e zëvendësuar me një depozitë prej 3.3 milionë lekësh të ofruar nga shtetasi R.P..

Megjithatë, në përfundim të shqyrtimit, trupi gjykues i Kolegjit i konsideroi të drejta konkluzionet e KPK dhe e rëzoi si të pabazuar ankimin e Ballhysës. 

According to the KPA, based on the investigation carried out by the KPK, judge Astrit Kalaja has reached a reliable level for the purity of his image and a qualifying level for professionalism.