{"id":30703,"date":"2022-02-01T12:53:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T11:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30703"},"modified":"2022-02-01T18:11:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T17:11:34","slug":"metas-laywers-call-for-new-impartial-judges-in-their-clients-impeachment-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/metas-laywers-call-for-new-impartial-judges-in-their-clients-impeachment-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta\u2019s lawyers call for new &#8216;impartial&#8217; judges in impeachment trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Ilir Meta\u2019s lawyers have asked the Constitutional Court for an entirely new judicial panel to oversee the president\u2019s impeachment trial, arguing that the present bench lacks the ability to remain impartial during the process.<\/p>\n<p>According to lawyer Bledar Dervishaj, three members of the Constitutional: Vitore Tusha, Perparim Kalo and Fiona Papajorgji should voluntarily quit this case because they have a direct conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dervishaj, the head justice at the Constitutional has been in office for more than 5 years, overstepping her term, whereas judge Perparim Kalo has allegedly been appointed without a fair race, in direct violation of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Under these circumstances, according to Meta\u2019s defense, this troupe of judges won\u2019t be able to issue an unbiased ruling on the matter involving the president&#8217;s impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president has lost all confidence in the ability of this judicial body to rule on his case,\u201d \u2013 declared Dervishaj.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the legal representative of the ruling Socialist party, Klotida Bushka, asked the Court to overturn this request, calling the arguments presented by Meta\u2019s defense lawyers \u2018hypothetical\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The president has refused to attend the hearing and declared that he will be represented by his two attorneys, Kaltrina Treska and Bledar Dervishaj.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/01\/constitutional-examines-metas-impeachment-trial\/\">Constitutional examines Meta\u2019s impeachment trial<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2022\/01\/26\/meta-i-wont-show-up-for-my-impeachment-hearing-at-the-constitutional-court\/\">Meta: I won\u2019t show up for my impeachment hearing at the Constitutional Court<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/29\/president-meta-writes-to-constitutional-court-ahead-of-potential-impeachment\/\">President Meta addresses Constitutional Court ahead of impeachment ruling<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu30688\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Ilir Meta\u2019s lawyers have asked the Constitutional Court for an entirely new judicial panel to oversee the president\u2019s impeachment trial, arguing that the present bench lacks the ability to remain impartial during the process. According to lawyer Bledar Dervishaj, three members of the Constitutional: Vitore Tusha, Perparim Kalo and Fiona Papajorgji should voluntarily quit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":30704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[365,151,389],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meta\u2019s lawyers call for new &#039;impartial&#039; judges in impeachment trial - 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\/metas-laywers-call-for-new-impartial-judges-in-their-clients-impeachment-trial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meta\u2019s lawyers call for new &#039;impartial&#039; judges in impeachment trial - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Ilir Meta\u2019s lawyers have asked the Constitutional Court for an entirely new judicial panel to oversee the president\u2019s impeachment trial, arguing that the present bench lacks the ability to remain impartial during the process. 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