Çela opens call for 3 seats on the HPC, prosecutors have until July 21 to submit applications

Prosecutor General Olsian Çela announced this Monday the start of the expression of interest process for prosecutors seeking three seats as members of the High Prosecutorial Council. According to the official statement from the General Prosecution Office, the mandates of the HPC’s three current members end on December 18, 2026.

The statement stresses that, based on Article 107 of Law 115/2016, the call has been opened because on December 18, 2026, the terms of three HPC members come to an end: one elected from among first-instance prosecutors, one from among prosecutors of the Prosecution Office at the Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction, and one from among prosecutors of the General Prosecution Office.

It is also announced that interested prosecutors must submit their written application by July 21, addressed to the Prosecutor General, who will then convene the General Meeting of Prosecutors of all levels for the election of the candidates.

“Prosecutors from the ranks of the prosecution offices of the first instances of general jurisdiction and the Prosecution Office of the Appeal of General Jurisdiction, including prosecutors of the Special Prosecution Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime, and the General Prosecution Office, who meet the criteria under Law 115/2016, ‘On the governing bodies of the justice system,’ are invited to express their interest in participating in the process for the election of members of the High Prosecutorial Council at the email address info@pp.gov.al and the postal address of the General Prosecution Office: Qemal Stafa Street, No. 01, 1001, Tirana,” the statement says, among other things.