FLASH
Shkruar nga Arben Llangozi
Welcome to the Republic of the Envelope!
Albanian justice has fallen. Not by chance. But intentionally. By order. By payment. In many courts of the country, there is no longer any talk of law, nor of the Constitution. Where decisions were once announced "in the name of the Republic of Albania", today decisions are read that could very well be signed with the signature, "In the name of the envelope".
We have entered an era where justice is no longer an independent power, but a fee-based service. A system where the judge is no longer a judge, but a financial consultant of the decision, the prosecutor is no longer a follower of the law, but a negotiator of bargains, and the lawyer is no longer a defender of the law, but a mediator of bribery.
This is not a justice system. This is a structured network of corruption. And, moreover, it is more dangerous than the justice of the dictatorship. Because in the dictatorship, no matter how unjust it was, there was a rule, the punishment was given according to a law, no matter how crooked it was. Today, the law is a facade and the decision depends only on interest, not on evidence, not on truth, and not on morality.
In this system, justice is neither blind nor fair; it is with its eyes on the banknote. It does not ask about the legal argument, but about the fee. It does not worry about the citizen's right, but about the guarantee of payment. And if you cannot pay, justice not only rejects you, but humiliates you. It condemns you. It destroys you.
The bitter truth is this! In Albania, corruption has not decreased, the price has increased. Today, corruption no longer happens for 50 thousand lekë. Today, "disappearing" a case costs thousands of euros. Judges are no longer for sale, they are expensive. Prosecutors are no longer caught, they are reserved for select clientele. It used to be a bribe. Today, it is a VIP service.
Under these conditions, the ordinary citizen no longer has any hope in the state. Because this is no longer a legal state, it is a public marketplace with hidden prices. We are not in a crisis of justice, but in a total capture of it by an elite that uses it to protect itself, to launder money, and to buy silence.
The courts have become interest-paying points, where the law is merely a decoration on the wall. If justice is not cleansed from within, no reform, no foreign office, no operation will save this country.
Because it's not just the system that has failed, it's the collective conscience steeped in crime. Justice today is not captured. It's sold. And the buyer is corruption.
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