Pal lekaj biography of barack

The court found guilty and sentenced the former Minister of Infrastructure, Pal Lekaj, to 3 years and 8 months of imprisonment and to an additional sentence of 3 years and 6 months of prohibition from exercising the function in the Public Administration. While his political advisor, Eset Berishen, has been sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in prison and an additional sentence of 3 years ban on exercising the function in public administration.

Pal Lekaj (born 29 June ) is a politician and medical doctor in Kosovo.

The General Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure at the time when the indictment was filed, Nebih Shatri, and the director of public procurement in this ministry, Besim Tahiri, have each been sentenced to one year and eight months in prison and to an additional sentence of 2 years of prohibition from exercising the function in public administration.

But what actions and crimes are the four already convicted accused of? According to the indictment, Pal Lekaj, Nebih Shatri and Besim Tahiri intentionally exceeded their powers and did not fulfill their official duties on September 29, The completion of the highway with the basic contract which was signed in was expected to end on January 18, , while with the new agreement signed by the defendants, the contract would already end at the end of December This agreement, according to the prosecution, was concluded by the defendants without financial costs, which was contrary to the Public Procurement Law and the Statute and Code of Conduct of the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee.

As evidence for this claim, the prosecution presented the financial expertise. This expertise found that the agreement of September 27, for the payment of 53 million euros, which was signed by Pal Lekaj, Nebih Shatri and Besim Tahiri, was illegal since this agreement did not foresee the financial cost, which is a key point in an agreement. Since according to the prosecution, referring to the legal provisions, in cases where there are budgetary implications, the agreement without a predetermined cost is illegal.

The contracted price at the beginning for the construction of the highway was almost million euros. According to the claims of the prosecution body, Pal Lekaj did this action without the consent of the Interministerial Steering Committee. This request in the amount of 63 million euros was presented on November 27, , then according to the prosecution it was reduced to 53 million euros after the talks that Berisha had with the construction company.

And with the recommendation of the Interministerial Steering Committee, the Government of Kosovo had approved the request in June Eset Berisha had said during the defense that no one had had negotiations with the company "Bechtel-Enka" to agree on the price or agree on the value of the contract. The members of the steering committee at the meeting dated