Attending the event were the Ombudsman, in the capacity of observer, Head of the High Prosecution Council, Deputy Chairman of the High Judicial Council, representatives from the Assembly of Albania, the Constitutional Court as well as from the Delegation of the European Union to Albania and OPDAT.

From the casting of lots, the following were elected as the new members of the Justice Appointments Council, respectively:

Altin Binaj, Judge at the Constitutional Court

Fjona Papajorgji, Judge at the Constitutional Court

Sandër Simoni, Judge at the Supreme Court

Arqilea Koça, Prosecutor at the General Prosecutor’s Office

Fuat Vjerdha, Judge in the Courts of Appeal

Engert Pellumbi, Judge at the Court of Appeal

Arta Marku, Prosecutor at the Prosecution Offices of the Courts of Appeal

Gjon Fusha, Prosecutor at the Offices of the Prosecutors of the Courts of Appeal

Enerjeta Shehaj (Deraj), Judge of the Administrative Courts

In addition to the nine members, in accordance with the legal provisions, the lottery also determined the six substitute members of the Justice Appointments Council, as follows:

Vitore Tusha, Judge at the Constitutional Court

Albana Boksi, Judge at the Supreme Court

Alma Muça, Prosecutor from the General Prosecutor’s Office

Genti Shala, Judge in the Courts of Appeal

Moisi Duda, Prosecutor from the Prosecution Offices at the Courts of Appeal

Elda Vrioni, Judge from the Administrative Courts

The Justice Appointments Council) is an independent body, provided for in the Constitution, which verifies the legal conditions and evaluates the professional and moral criteria of candidates for High Inspector of Justice as well as candidates for members of the Constitutional Court.

Justice Appointments Council consists of nine members, selected by lot from the ranks of judges and prosecutors, who meet the legal conditions and criteria. /j.p/r.e/p.s./

“The Justice Appointments Council, after reviewing the acts and the procedure followed for the verification of candidates and the documentation to meet the legal conditions for candidacy, for each candidate included in the agenda, after hearing the opinion of the People’s Advocate regarding the procedure followed in the verification of candidates, decided to bar Sinan Tafaj, Dhimitrula Spiro, and Saimir Vishaj from running for a post as Constitutional Court members,” the Council said in a press release.

According to the Council overseeing the appointments to the new justice bodies, the candidates have failed to meet at least one or two requirements envisaged by the law and the Constitution.

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