The Supreme Court orders the CEC: To make a decision on the mandate of the mayor of Kuçova who hid his conviction

2026-04-28 18:50:00, Aktualitet CNA

The Supreme Court orders the CEC: To make a decision on the mandate of the mayor

The Supreme Court has ordered the Central Election Commission to make a decision regarding the mandate of the mayor of Kuçova, Kreshnik Hajdari. The latter is in office and convicted of the criminal offense of forging forms, seals and stamps.

"In the specific case, decision no. 01, dated 05.01.2024, did not provide a final solution to the issue, but returned the issue for reconsideration to the SEC. The KAS did not issue a final act in the material sense, but a procedural decision that repeals the Commissioner's decision and returns the issue for reconsideration to it. The contested administrative act does not establish final rights and, as such, does not close the proceedings. In the specific case, the KAS has returned the issue for reconsideration to the Commissioner, who must decide whether it is appropriate to suspend the review, until the court makes a final decision regarding the report for falsification of the form by the self-declaring subject and if the decision of the GJKKO has become final, as stated in the preparatory session by the parties, to definitively state whether the plaintiff is included in the conditions of the ban on exercising the public function of the Mayor of Kuçova Municipality. As "As justified above, the court considers removing the administrative case outside the judicial jurisdiction of the Tirana First Instance Administrative Court and sending the case for continued administrative review to the administrative body, the State Election Commissioner," the decision argues.

In January 2024, the GJKKO sentenced Kreshnik Hajdari to 9 months in prison, finding him guilty of the charge of "forgery of seals, stamps or forms", more than once in connection with the failure to appear in court proceedings against him in Greece. But the sentence was converted by the black squads to 150 hours of community service./CNA