{"id":25722,"date":"2021-11-22T15:35:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=25722"},"modified":"2021-11-22T15:35:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:35:33","slug":"special-prosecution-drops-investigation-into-former-jac-chair-ardian-dvorani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/special-prosecution-drops-investigation-into-former-jac-chair-ardian-dvorani\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Prosecution drops investigation into former JAC chair Ardian Dvorani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Special Prosecution Against Organized Crime and Corruption decided to drop an investigation against the former president of the Justice Appointments Council (JAC), Ardian Dvorani.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, President Ilir Meta deposited a lawsuit against Dvorani, claiming \u201cabuse of office\u201d, and \u201cembezzlement of state office\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The row began over the selection process of the Constitutional Court\u2019s members, with President Meta even accusing Dvorani as \u201cthe party\u2019s blind soldier\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was initially filed at the Tirana Prosecution Office, then transferred to SPAK.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have confirmed for Euronews Albania that Dvorani has been taken in for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Ardian Dvorani is a practicing judge at the Tirana Administrative Court of Appeals, while in February he was hailed by the US Department of State as a \u201cchampion in tackling corruption\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, it will be the Special Court Against Corruption who will have the final say on whether to drop the investigation in a session due on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/08\/21\/judge-dvorani-requests-to-be-back-at-jac-after-long-battle-with-albanian-president\/\">Judge Dvorani requests to be back at JAC, after long battle with Albanian President<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/09\/30\/eu-ambassador-visits-vitore-tusha-jac-chairwoman-with-a-key-role-in-reestablishing-the-constitutional-court\/\">EU Ambassador visits Vitore Tusha, JAC Chairwoman with a key role in reestablishing the Constitutional Court<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Special Prosecution Against Organized Crime and Corruption decided to drop an investigation against the former president of the Justice Appointments Council (JAC), Ardian Dvorani. In 2019, President Ilir Meta deposited a lawsuit against Dvorani, claiming \u201cabuse of office\u201d, and \u201cembezzlement of state office\u201d. The row began over the selection process of the Constitutional Court\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Special Prosecution drops investigation into former JAC chair Ardian Dvorani - 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\/special-prosecution-drops-investigation-into-former-jac-chair-ardian-dvorani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Special Prosecution drops investigation into former JAC chair Ardian Dvorani - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Special Prosecution Against Organized Crime and Corruption decided to drop an investigation against the former president of the Justice Appointments Council (JAC), Ardian Dvorani. 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