Today, a national television station has mentioned the existence of a “letter” that, according to its claims, contains serious information about the candidate for the Constitutional Court, Asim Vokshi. The letter is said to have been sent to the Judicial Appointments Council (KED) by one of the state agencies, but the fact that it is being circulated in the media, before it became part of an official process, makes the matter not only suspicious, but also legally problematic.
Before plunging into the whirlpool of rumor and dubious interests, everyone should be informed and know that the law on the functioning of the KED precisely defines the steps that are followed during the process of selecting candidates for the highest judicial bodies.
In the first phase, KED verifies the moral integrity of each candidate. To this end, it sends requests to institutions such as SHISH, DSIK, State Police and others, to obtain information on possible legal violations, including inappropriate connections or security issues. Only at this stage can these institutions send such materials, and only in response to an official request from KED.
If the answers are clear, the candidate qualifies. After this point, the KED moves on to the second phase – the assessment of professional skills – and cannot reopen the moral integrity phase. The law expressly prohibits any institution from bringing new information that could affect the result after the qualification decision.
What is the problem with the "letter"?
In the case in question, the alleged letter was not requested by the KED and, in all likelihood, arrived after the completion of the moral verification phase. This makes it procedurally invalid and without any legal effect on the candidate.
If the document exists, it:
• it was sent without an official request;
• arrived outside the legal deadline;
• and contains classified information, which cannot be used publicly to tarnish the reputation of a candidate without the right to protection.
If it does not exist, then its public mention in the media is a serious act of disinformation that aims to damage the candidate's image and influence the perception of the process.
In both cases – whether as a real document or as a media invention – the use of a “classified letter” at this stage is a clear violation of the law and institutional ethics. If the KED has completed the verification phase and qualified the candidate, no delayed material can have any effect.
In fact, according to lawyers familiar with the procedure, if such information arrives after the first phase, the KED has only one legal option: to archive it without taking it into consideration, because any other action would be illegal.
In this case, the result is clear:
A candidate who has passed the official filters and qualified according to the law now faces a public campaign of discredit, built on a document that either should not have existed, or should not have been made public.
Therefore, more than a debate over the content of the letter, this story is a dangerous test of how security instruments – designed to protect the state – can be used to undermine the independence of the judiciary and influence the selection of constitutional judges.
In a system that aims for integrity, secrecy cannot be turned into a political weapon. And no letter arriving late can erase a process that the law has declared closed.
