{"id":16552,"date":"2021-06-30T10:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T08:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=16552"},"modified":"2021-06-30T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T08:56:10","slug":"former-judge-set-to-testify-in-parliament-over-eulex-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-judge-set-to-testify-in-parliament-over-eulex-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Former judge set to testify in Parliament over EULEX row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Upon a request from the former head of the Assembly of EULEX Judges, Malcolm Simmons, Kosovo lawmakers will hear out his testimony on July 12.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to report on allegations tied to what he has termed as \u201cEULEX scandals in Kosovo\u201d including here political interventions, tampering with evidence, and intimidating witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect to give my testimony in front of the Parliament of Kosovo on July 12. I believe that after my testimony, the Parliament will decide to launch a public investigation\u201d told Simmons local media RTK.<\/p>\n<p>His testimony has been highly anticipated due to the criminal proceedings held against former war commanders at The Hague, as well as the ongoing dialogue process with Serbia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/06\/15\/president-vjosa-osmani-extends-the-technical-terms-of-eulex\/\">President Vjosa Osmani extends the technical mandate of EULEX<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2020\/11\/06\/eulex-raids-the-houses-of-thaci-veseli-and-selimi\/\">EULEX raids the houses of Thaci, Veseli and Selimi<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2020\/06\/26\/eulex-for-euronews-albania-our-mandate-is-guaranteed-under-kosovo-and-international-law\/\">EULEX for Euronews Albania: Our mandate is guaranteed under Kosovo and International law<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon a request from the former head of the Assembly of EULEX Judges, Malcolm Simmons, Kosovo lawmakers will hear out his testimony on July 12. He is expected to report on allegations tied to what he has termed as \u201cEULEX scandals in Kosovo\u201d including here political interventions, tampering with evidence, and intimidating witnesses. \u201cI expect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":16553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former judge set to testify in Parliament over EULEX row - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-judge-set-to-testify-in-parliament-over-eulex-row\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former judge set to testify in Parliament over EULEX row - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Upon a request from the former head of the Assembly of EULEX Judges, Malcolm Simmons, Kosovo lawmakers will hear out his testimony on July 12. 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