The special judge, Irena Gjoka, also known by the surnames Maneku and Shpata, has hidden from the vetting bodies not one, but two penal decisions that the Greek authorities and courts have given to her.
The first penal decision is administrative and was taken by the Greek border authorities of the prefecture of Ioannina, who deported him and declared him non grata in the Schengen area for 10 years. The second decision is of the administrative court of Ioannina, which overturned Irena Gjoka's request for the annulment of the deportation order.
According to the Greek newspaper Protothema, Irena Gjoka was deported after she was caught on December 24, 2002, on Christmas Day, trying to enter Greece through the Kakavija border crossing with a forged consular visa and false documents representing her. with the last name Sword and as a Greek minority in Albania.
Almost two months later, on February 13, 2003, writes Protothema, Irena Gjoka tried to enter Greece again, using the last name Maneku from the border point of Kakavija. Entry was again refused by the Greek authorities on the grounds that it posed a threat to public security.
Irena Gjoka sued in the administrative court of Athens on October 27, 2004 the decision of the Greek border authorities that declared her non grata for 10 years in the entire Schengen area. Through an intermediate decision, the administrative court of Athens transfers the case for territorial competence to the administrative court of Ioannina, since the decision was taken by the authorities of this prefecture.
After considering the request of Irena Manek, the court of Ioannina also left in force the decision of her deportation for 10 years.
Irena Gjoka was appointed to GJKKO without passing the vetting
Irena Gjoka was appointed a judge in the first instance of the Special Court in 2019, when she had not yet passed the vetting filters, neither in the Independent Qualification Commission nor in the Special Appeals College.
A year later, the Independent Qualifications Commission confirmed her in office, despite concerns raised by the international monitoring operation and the Public Commissioner about her assets. At that time, Commissioner Dariel Sina asked the KPA to overturn the decision of the KPK and dismiss Gjoka.
The review at the KPA took several months. Dariel Sina ran away from the position of public commissioner and his appeal to the Special Appeals College was handled by commissioner Irena Nino. Nino withdrew from the request for the dismissal of judge Gjoka and in June 2022, Irena Gjoka was confirmed in office.
According to the decision taken by the body composed of Sokol Çomo, chairman, Natasha Mulaj relator, with members Mimoza Tasi, Rezarta Schuetz and Albana Shtylla, Irena Gjoka had a reliable level in the wealth criterion, a reliable level for the figure and a good qualifying level .
Hiding the decision of the Greek justice
In the two decisions on the confirmation in office of Judge Irena Gjoka, the two levels of vetting were based on the documentation submitted by the judge herself, as well as on the files deposited by other institutions charged by the law for the transitional reassessment of judges and prosecutors, such as the Directorate of Securing Classified Information and the High Inspectorate of Property Declaration and Control.
The vetting law charges DSIK to verify whether among Judge Gjoka's family or social contacts there are persons convicted, prosecuted, investigated, or accused as members of, or connected to, organized crime. The law requires the ILDKPI to file the annual declarations of the assets of the judge from the time she was included as the subject of the declaration of assets.
As for punishments inside and outside the country, the vetting law charges the subject of the reassessment itself, in this case judge Irena Gjoka, to declare in the form completed by her. But, according to the form filed by the judge in the KPK, at the point when it is asked if there is any decision against her from Albanian or foreign courts, the answer is no.
What would happen in the KPK if Irena Gjoka declared the sentence of the Greek court? The final assessment would again be in the hands of the vetting bodies and the interpretation they could make of this decision. But the example of the former member of the KPA, Luan Daci, who was fired and prosecuted because he hid a disciplinary measure in his career, suggests that even in the case of Irena Gjoka, the dismissal would be inevitable.
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