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The next hearing at the Administrative Court, where Mayor Erion Veliaj has sued Ols Dado, regarding his appointment as prosecutor, will take place on June 19.
This is the decision taken today, where Veliaj was present at the court session, while raising several questions regarding the appointment of Dado as prosecutor. Through the lawsuit, Veliaj aims to overturn the appointment of Ols Dado, who has been exercising the function of prosecutor for almost two decades.
During today's session, there were several debates, including one with the representative of the KLP.
Plarent Ndreca, Veliaj's lawyer, said during the hearing that the KLP representative has no right to make the submissions.
"The lady representing the KLP has no right to make submissions ," he said.
However, the KLP representative emphasized that the mayor has the right to appoint the rest of the administration.
" The mayor has the authority to appoint the rest of the administration, I have been exercising these powers for 6 years as a representative of the KLP with this representation model ," said the KLP representative.
The court assessed that the authorization is considered regular, while lawyer Ndreca said that it is clear that there is considerable pressure regarding the matter in question. He claims that the appointment of Ols Dado was made in violation of the law, as the Chairman of the KLP has usurped the powers of a collegial body.
What does Veliaj want from the Administration?
Veliaj is seeking the declaration of invalidity of his appointment as prosecutor in 2008, arguing that he did not complete the Magistrates' School.
During his speech, Veliaj accused prosecutor Ols Dado, saying that the latter had been investigating the incinerator and the theater, and when he found nothing, he moved on to checking the family members.
" We found nothing wrong with his work, let's go get the servants of the house," the Mayor is reported to have declared during the session.
"Both the defendant Dado, and the KLP itself, the authority that should have guaranteed the legality of the exercise of this public function, today claim that I am not entitled to go to court to request control of this authority."
Because according to this logic, a citizen can be investigated, monitored, arrested, isolated and controlled in every aspect of his personal, family and public life; a mayor can be suspended from exercising the mandate given by the citizens; citizens can have their elected mayor removed from office, but the moment they turn to the court to request verification of the legality of the authority exercising this power, then he is no longer considered a subject of protection by the law, but a threat to justice itself.
So, the citizen can give justice the sword of power to act on his behalf, but he has no right to ask who is holding that sword, with what legitimacy he holds it, and on whose behalf he is using it against him.
Benjamin Cardozo, one of the most enlightened figures of the American Supreme Court, warned that justice loses its meaning the moment procedural guarantees are reduced to the point that the citizen remains defenseless in the face of power. And this is precisely where the essential question of this issue arises ," Veliaj declared.
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