Rama: We have had a dictatorship of investigators in the past, today we will not remain silent
2025-02-12 11:18:15
TiranaPost
Prime Minister Edi Rama told the media that the Socialist Party will not stand by without criticizing the work of the new justice bodies, despite supporting their work.
"I want to make it very clear that our position regarding unreserved support, regarding support for every process towards the new justice institutions, which have the duty to wage an uncompromising fight against corruption, remains an unchanged position. What changes is that we have the duty to contribute not simply with unquestionable institutional and political support towards the new justice institutions, but also with our opinions so that the non-negotiable independence of prosecutors and judges is as closely linked to professionalism and the guarantee of democratic standards as possible. Otherwise, we fall into a situation that resembles the past more than the future. Because Albania has had a dictatorship or a republic of investigators in the past. This is a parliamentary republic, where the powers are independent. For me, it is inconceivable that the chairwoman of the Laws Committee of the Albanian Parliament, without even going into the merits of the case, regardless of whether there are accusations in that 400-page "novel", finds out about it from television and special journalists. That we have a Special Prosecutor, a Special Court and special journalists. This political force will not undertake to grant innocence to anyone who is investigated by justice, but unlike yesterday, from today onwards this political force will not remain silent in the face of flagrant violations of standards and brutality by anyone. Only an idiot can say that we control justice. We have officially received the certificate that our hands are far from justice. But we are not fence posts that we do not say anything when we come across traces - intentionally or unintentionally - of episodes like this. At a minimum, the chairwoman of the Laws Committee should have been called and asked. Where are we here? ", said Rama.
