"I wasn't absent from court, why should my deadlines be suspended?" - Appeals court to decide tomorrow for Meta

2026-09-16 15:14:13Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"I wasn't absent from court, why should my deadlines be

The Special Court of Appeal will announce tomorrow at 2:00 PM the decision regarding the claims of former president Ilir Meta against the suspension of detention terms in the First Instance.

For the second time in a row, Ilir Meta sat next to his lawyer in the courtroom. Although he earned this right in the previous session, the escort squad initially sent him to the glass cage, and then left him next to his lawyer outside the cage.

Through his lawyer, Meta said that the First Instance Court violated his rights and legal standards when it did not accept his opposition to the suspension of pre-trial detention terms.

Even the former president himself said that in no case was there any reason to postpone the process.

"I want to emphasize that in no case have I been absent from any trial session. Not only the preliminary trial but also the merits, or even in other cases."

You may recall that even when I knew that my lawyer could not attend, I showed up at the hearing and requested that the trial continue without my lawyer. And in this case, when we raise this claim, I want to emphasize that my position at the time was to continue the hearing.

I believe it is unfair that when I participate in a trial, my pretrial deadlines are suspended.

"This is not at all because of me nor in my interest. This is always in the interest of the prosecutors of the case and this is the only case," Meta said.

For his part, the SPAK representative in the courtroom requested the dismissal of Meta's appeal, claiming that the court decisions he is challenging were based on the law. 


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