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July 31, 2021 – 11:49

Haiti police on Friday dropped new charges against a former Constitutional Court judge over her links to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise this month, saying she had met with several Colombian mercenaries who are accused of killing the head of state.

The assassination of the president has plunged Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, into even deeper chaos, and has sparked an international search for mercenaries and masterminds of the crime in both the Americas.

Haiti police earlier this week issued an arrest warrant for Ms. Ëendelle Coq-Thelot, a former Constitutional Court judge who was fired along with two other judges in February this year when the now-deceased president suspected he was a coup was being prepared.

The location of the suspect is not known and she was unavailable to give any comment, writes Reuters, Gazeta Express reports.

Colombian mercenaries and Haitian-Americans arrested after the president’s assassination have said they met with former Judge Coq-Thelot, according to Inspector General Marie Michelle Verrier.

“Some of them have hinted that they have been to Mrs. Coq-Thelot’s house twice. “These people have given details of the documents signed during the meetings in her house”, said Inspector Verrier.

She also reported that police raided the main house and several other residences of the suspected former judge as well as published notices of her search by police.

26. 07. 2021.

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE JUDGE WHO RELEASED THE KILLER OF LITTLE STEFAN IS BEING INVESTIGATED The Minister submitted a request, here are the possible sanctions!

On July 26, 2021, the Minister of Justice, Maja Popović, submitted a request to the High Judicial Council to review the existence of disciplinary responsibility of Radmila Đerić, the judge for the previous procedure of the First Basic Court in Belgrade, in accordance with her competencies.

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The disciplinary bodies of the High Judicial Council (Disciplinary Prosecutor and Disciplinary Commission) are responsible for conducting this procedure, which should act urgently on the basis of the law so that the disciplinary procedure would not become obsolete within two years from the day the disciplinary violation was committed.

If it is determined that there is a judge’s responsibility for the committed disciplinary violation, a public reprimand can be issued, a salary reduction of up to 50 percent for a maximum of one year, as well as a ban on promotion for up to three years.

However, in addition to these sanctions, if it is determined that a judge is liable for a serious disciplinary offense, a procedure for dismissal of a judge may be initiated.

In addition, we emphasize that a judge cannot be held criminally responsible for the opinion he has expressed in the performance of his judicial function.

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German Ambassador to Kosovo Jorn Rohde reacted to former EULEX Judge Malclom Simmons who reported Monday to members of the Committee on Legislation, Mandates, Immunity, Rules of Procedure of the Assembly and the Oversight of the Anti-Corruption Agency. during the years of EULEX in Kosovo.

Rohde is concerned why the Kosovo Assembly has given a platform to former EULEX judge Malcolm Simmons for what he says is Simmons disinformation campaign.

Simmons’s statements, the German ambassador called convincing refutations.

“EULEX’s very convincing and comprehensive denial of unfounded allegations. “I just wonder why the Assembly of Kosovo still offers former Judge Simmons a platform to continue this disinformation campaign,” the ambassador wrote on Twitter.

Through a video link, he said that EULEX aimed to remove from political life the persons he referred to as “big fish”, while presenting cases where, according to him, the aim was only punishment and not the administration of justice. In addition, Simmons said that very little has been done in detecting and investigating war crimes in Kosovo, although in 2014 he leaked documents, including information on Serb suspects and all personal data of Kosovo victims.

However, he said that at this stage I can not give detailed data, but if the commission decides to open a full investigation, it will provide details and documentation to support its claims.

Simmons said that when he discussed with EULEX why the war crimes investigations carried out by Serb suspects were not postponed, he was told that the Serbian authorities did not have the resources and the will to investigate them.

Very convincing and comprehensive #EULEX rebuttal of the unsubstaintiated allegations. I just wonder why the Kosovo Assembly @KuvendiRks still provides former judge Simmons with a platform to continue this disinformation campaign. https://t.co/wB3kOZQnWD

— Ambassador Jörn Rohde (@GermanAmbKOS) July 13, 2021

As the accused Adnan Arifi does not possess an identification device issued by the Republic of Kosovo, the trial failed to start in the case where the Basic Prosecution in Prishtina charges him with the criminal offense of illegal possession of weapons and unauthorized possession of narcotics.

Related to this, Judge Alban Ajvazi has stated that a person who does not legally do not exist in Kosovo can not be charged, reports “Oath of Justice”.

In Wednesday’s session, Arifi stated that he is not registered in Kosovo and that the only document he possesses is a Serbian birth certificate.

“I am not registered. “Dad should have issued me a residence permit separately, because I could not get an ID card”, said the accused.

Judge Ajvazi said that it is the legal opinion of the Supreme Court that says that every indictment must have an identification document attached.

“It is the legal opinion of the Supreme Court, the state prosecutor has the obligation that every indictment must be accompanied by an identification document. There is no identification document here. A person who does not exist can no longer be charged. This does not legally exist in Kosovo “, declared Judge Ajvazi.

The same asked prosecutor Bukurije Gjonbalaj if he had ever interviewed the accused, who claimed to have done so, but said he did not remember if it was him, as the interview stated that it was done in 2017.

Prosecutor Gjonbalaj proposed that for the next hearing the accused appear in court together with one of the parents.

Whereas, Judge Ajvazi asked the accused to issue an identification document from the Republic of Kosovo within 30 days, so that the case could be processed.

Wednesday’s session was postponed to July 14, 2021, at 10:30 p.m.

Based on the indictment filed on February 28, 2017, Adnan Arifi is being accused by the Basic Prosecution in Prishtina that on September 9, 2015, around 21:00, in the yard of the primary school “Meto Bajraktari” in Prishtina, at the moment when he noticed the police members, threw the “Zastava” type revolver and a cartoon with two bullets on the ground.

With this he is accused of having committed the criminal offense “Unauthorized possession, control or possession of weapons” under Article 374, paragraph 1 of the CCRK.

Further, according to the second enacting clause of the indictment, Adnan Arifi in co-perpetration with the juvenile LL, on the same day, place and time, threw on the ground four bags of narcotics, which they possessed without authorization, for the purpose of sale or distribution.

For this he is accused of having committed the criminal offense “Unauthorized purchase, possession, distribution and sale of narcotics, psychotropic substances and analogues” under Article 273, paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 31 of the CCRK.