Prime Minister Edi Rama reviewed a decade of justice reform during the presentation of amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Rama praised the results of the reform, saying that over the past 10 years, achievements have been made that previously seemed impossible. According to him, the 2016 constitutional amendments marked a turning point in the relationship between the justice system and politics.
He stressed that the reform introduced a new institutional architecture, including judicial self-governance bodies, structures for combating crime and corruption, a new salary system, and the vetting process.
However, the Prime Minister also acknowledged problems that emerged during the implementation of the reform, stressing that its failures and shortcomings cannot be overlooked.
“Today, after 10 years, we have seen, heard and learned a great deal. We have seen the strength of the reform, but also the weaknesses that emerged. We have seen results that once seemed not only impossible but unimaginable, but we have also seen failures and distortions that cannot be hidden behind those results,” Rama said.
Referring to the 2016 changes, he said Parliament approved one of the most significant interventions in the justice system, aimed at separating it from political influence.
Concluding his assessment, Rama summed up the impact of the reform with a strong statement, linking it to a change in the country’s culture of impunity.
“The burden of this major turning point through the reform has been worth all the effort. One sentence sums up the benefits of this reform, as brutal as it has been beneficial: in 10 years, we brought down the 100-year cult of impunity,” the Prime Minister said.
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