The Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo (SPRK) has not received any report, information, or complaint from the Kosovo Intelligence Agency (AKI), the Kosovo Police, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or any other entity suggesting that Constitutional Court Judge Radomir Laban could pose a threat to the national security of the Republic of Kosovo.
This was confirmed to Betimi për Drejtësi by Arbnora Luta, SPRK’s public communications officer.
“We inform you that, according to the records of the Special Prosecution, no case has been documented concerning the person you inquired about. The Prosecution remains committed to fighting crime, corruption, and safeguarding public interest, acting in accordance with the law and the principles of justice,” Luta stated.
Previously, President Vjosa Osmani and former Minister of Justice, now Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Albulena Haxhiu, had raised suspicions that Judge Laban could pose a threat to national security.
On August 5, 2025, President Osmani announced at a press conference that she had withdrawn her request submitted to the Constitutional Court regarding the legal consequences of the Assembly not being constituted within the timeframe specified by the Court. She explained that this decision was made after learning that Judge Radomir Laban had been appointed as the reporting judge for the case.
President Osmani stated that official information had been provided by security institutions regarding Laban’s allegedly “dangerous activities,” which had also been shared with the Constitutional Court.
“I inform you that today, in accordance with the Law on the Constitutional Court and its regulations, I have withdrawn Request KO215/25. This was an immediate reaction to the confirmed information that Judge Radomir Laban was appointed as the reporting judge for this request. According to information received in 2018, 2021, and 2024, shared with our security institutions and the Constitutional Court, this judge poses a risk to the national security of the Republic of Kosovo and is engaged in activities against the constitutional order of Kosovo,” Osmani said.
She also mentioned that, a year earlier, they had formally raised concerns regarding information indicating Laban’s threat to the constitutional order. The Ministry of Justice had allegedly refused to appoint him as a notary due to these concerns.
“I consider the appointment of Judge Radomir Laban in this process not only worrying but dangerous, as it may lead to decisions with serious and potentially irreversible consequences for current and future institutions,” Osmani stated.
She emphasized that the judge had been appointed in 2018, and that removing a Constitutional Court judge requires a two-thirds vote from the Court, followed by a dismissal proposed to the President.
“Therefore, the withdrawal of this request was necessary to protect the constitutional order. It is absurd to expect our constitutional order to be safeguarded precisely by individuals whom our security institutions themselves have identified as ensuring the constitutional order of the country,” Osmani added.
Osmani also stated that reports from 2021 and 2024 indicated activities by Laban that allegedly endangered Kosovo’s constitutional order and national security.
On August 6, 2025, former Minister of Justice Albulena Haxhiu declared that when Laban was appointed to the Constitutional Court by former President Hashim Thaçi, Vetëvendosje had requested his dismissal due to his criminal past. According to her, the official response to this request was that it would constitute interference in the Court’s independence.
“When in 2018, former President Thaçi ignored our calls not to appoint Radomir Laban as a Constitutional Court judge due to his criminal past, we submitted an official request to the former Court President, Arta Rama-Hajrizi, to initiate dismissal procedures. Instead of considering this request, we received an official response stating that our request constituted ‘interference in their independence,’” Haxhiu wrote.
In a press conference on August 10, 2025, Haxhiu claimed that Laban was suspected of being a “collaborator of Serbia’s Intelligence Agency, BIA,” basing these suspicions on information from Kosovo security institutions. She further stated, “With the financial means and real estate he still receives from Serbia, Laban poses a threat to the security and constitutional order of Kosovo.”
On September 9, 2025, when announcing comments submitted to the Constitutional Court regarding the Serbian List’s request for minority deputies, President Osmani remarked that the continued appointment of Radomir Laban as a Constitutional Court judge should be a concern for everyone.
In response to these statements, the Constitutional Court clarified that Judge Laban was appointed in 2018 after undergoing “all constitutional and legal procedures,” following his nomination by the Assembly of Kosovo and decree by the President of Kosovo.
