The Pristina-based Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) has called on President Hashim Thaci not to decree Radomir Laban as a judge with the Constitutional Court without verifying his past. Laban was elected as a judge on Friday by members of the Kosovo Assembly but soon afterwards there were claims about his alleged criminal background. The Council said Thaci should not sign the decree for Laban “until his background is finally cleared”. “This can be done easily if there is readiness and if the process does not give in to political interference,” the Council said in a letter. “There is no doubt that Serb MPs were aware about Mr. Laban’s criminal past, but the question is whether the Albanian MPs knew about it and voted in his favor?! If the Laban case turns out to be true, this is clear evidence about the lack of coordination between certain segments of the judiciary that are responsible for verifying the background of people that aspire to take up senior positions”. The Council also said that if the claims are confirmed, Laban should not be investigated for presenting false facts, hiding the truth and forging documents.
CDHRF calls on President Thaci not to decree Laban (Koha)
- Published: 6 years ago on 21/05/2018
- By: OSCPA F
- Last Modified: May 21, 2018 @ 11:42 am
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