The Basic Court in Pristina failed to hold the initial hearing in the "State Reserves" case, where the acting Minister of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade, Rozeta Hajdari, as well as Irfan Lipovica, Hafiz Gara and Ridvan Muharremi are being accused. The hearing failed in the absence of Hajdari and Lipovica's lawyer, Feim Alaj.

The presiding judge, Avni Syla, said that the defendant Hajdari is missing, for whom the Court has sent an invitation by post, but to date they have not received a response as to whether she has accepted the invitation in a proper manner, reports "Oath for Justice".

Present at the hearing was her authorized defense attorney, lawyer Florent Latifaj.

Also present was the defendant Lipovica. However, his lawyer Feim Alaj was absent, having sent his office's legal representative to the session, who said that Alaj had notified the Court via e-mail that he could not present at the session since he had previously received an invitation from the Basic Court in Peja.

Judge Syla said that the Court sent him an official e-mail asking him to find a replacement, but Alaj still informed the Court that he had made efforts to find a replacement lawyer, but had not received his client's consent.

Present at the hearing were Hafiz Gara with lawyer Nazim Mehmeti and Ridvan Muharremi with lawyer Mahmut Halimi.

Meanwhile, none of the representatives of the injured party - the State Attorney's Office - were present, even though they had accepted the invitation for today's session.

The judge said that the injured party, through a submission, notified the court that they had initiated a lawsuit in the Commercial Court regarding this case and confirmed that they would be present at the judicial review sessions.

Then, Judge Syla, in the absence of the accused Rozeta Hajdari and lawyer Feim Alaja, said that the initial hearing was postponed and the hearing was set for January 13, 2026.

Lawyer Latifaj undertakes to notify Hajdar of the next hearing, while lawyer Alaj will be notified by his office's legal officer.

Otherwise, the Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo (SPRK) on November 11, 2025 filed an indictment against the acting Minister of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade, Rozeta Hajdari, as well as against Irfan Lipovica, Hafiz Gara and Ridvan Muharrem in connection with the case known as "State Reserves".

Minister Hajdari, former Deputy Secretary of MINT, Irfan Lipovica, and the Director of the State Reserves Department at MINT, Hafiz Gara, are accused of committing the criminal offenses of "Abuse of official position or authority" and "Disclosure of official secret". Meanwhile, businessman Ridvan Muharremi, known as "Ridi", is being accused by the SPRK of committing the criminal offense of "Assistance in the commission of the criminal offense of abuse of official position or authority".

“Oath for Justice” has reported on the indictment filed by special prosecutors, Valdet Gashi and Milot Krasniqi, at the Special Department of the Basic Court in Pristina. According to the indictment filed, the budget has been damaged in the amount of 2,912,134.78 euros.

Based on the SPRK indictment, the defendants Rozeta Hajdari in the capacity of Minister of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade, Irfan Lipovica as Deputy Secretary and Hafiz Gara in the position of Director of the Department of State Reserves, in violation of the Law on Public Procurement, avoiding the competition process, through a negotiation procedure had negotiated and then signed a contract with the Turkish company "Yafe Turizm Indaat Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi" headquartered in Bursa, Turkey, for the purchase of 10 thousand tons of wheat at a price of 4,834,778.00 euros. It states that the price for the purchase of wheat was contracted 193.48 euros higher than the average market price.

The indictment further states that defendants Hajdari, Lipovica and Gara also negotiated and signed a contract with the company "Xanto SP. ZO. O" based in Gdynia, Poland, for the purchase of 200 thousand liters of oil and 120 thousand kilograms of sugar. However, despite the payment made, the goods were never received.

Hajdari, Lipovica, Gara are charged with revealing official secrets by providing Muharrem with information about the location of the storage of wheat as a state reserve commodity. Details from the Dossier can be found: HERE.

Likewise, "Oath for Justice" also reported on the role of Hajdar, Lipovica, Gara and Muharrem, according to the SPRK indictment, in the process of purchasing "State Reserves".

Also, the public had the opportunity to learn about all the details of the accusations in this case on the show "Oath for Justice" entitled "Special Accusations for State Reserves", broadcast on November 15, 2025. /Oath for Justice/

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