Meta's hearing postponed/ Lawyer Cakrani: We will start the battle to remove Irena Gjoka from the process

2025-10-28 10:05:00, Aktualitet CNA

Meta's hearing postponed/ Lawyer Cakrani: We will start the battle to

The preliminary hearing for former president Ilir Meta at the GJKKO has been postponed to November 11. Kujtim Cakrani, Meta's lawyer, spoke to reporters after the decision, saying that they will request the removal of judge Irena Gjoka from the process. He said that the judge is politically and legally captured, while accusing her of compromising the process from the beginning.

"We will now begin the battle with the judge. She has made another dangerous decision, she has suspended the detention terms for Mr. Meta. Ms. Gjoka is not a capable judge, but she is both politically and legally trapped. We will continue the battle for the removal of this judge. She has compromised in this entire process since the first session."

There was a letter of recommendation in the US, he continues on the issue of lobbying. GSIS had received a payment from a businessman who has neither a signature nor a seal from Meta. We are not concerned about the letter of recommendation as evidence. We are concerned about the fact that the procedural body has completed the investigations, but investigations are continuing today in the preliminary session. I will speak with Mr. Meta and we will maintain our position regarding the judge. We cannot continue this process with that judge. I am there and she suspends the investigations. She herself is being blackmailed. She has deceived public opinion and the judiciary ," said Cakrani.

The reason for the postponement of today's session was the absence of the lawyer of the former MP, Monika Kryemadhi, one of the defendants in the case. Today's session was expected to decide whether the case would go to trial or not. Meta and Kryemadhi are accused of passive corruption, money laundering and failure to declare assets. /CNA