The leader of the Movement for National Development, Dashamir Shehi, has stated that the justice reform has failed in its main function, that of providing justice to citizens, while he assessed that the only links that have shown some success are SPAK and the Special Court (GJKKO).
Shehi made these statements as a guest on the show "The Unexposed" on MCN TV, commenting on Prime Minister Edi Rama's recent attacks on judges.
" Where did it fail for me? A reform was made that was supposed to offer equal justice to Albanians, because the system was corrupt. The justice that citizens need has not moved at all, on the contrary, it has gone backwards. There are 30,000 or so files in the Supreme Court ," said Shehi.
He emphasized that the problems are also related to the territorial distribution of courts, making access for citizens more difficult.
" An attempt was made to reform the distribution of justice over the territory. In some cities there are buildings and no judges, the appeal is concentrated. This is the great problem of justice for the citizen. From this point of view, the reform has failed ," he declared.
According to Shehi, the only part of the reform that has yielded concrete results are the special structures.
" Who did anything? Those special courts. They arrested some people who had power and felt untouchable. This is the only segment that broke a positive path ," Shehi said.
He added that for this very reason SPAK and GJKKO are targeted by politics, both by the majority and the opposition.
" What's happening with politics? They don't care about files and service to citizens. The problem is with SPAK and GJKKO. Rama is attacking this, Berisha is attacking this. The only segment that works, everyone has rushed to it ," he said.
Shehi admitted that there are problems even within the special justice system, but emphasized that the pressure on these structures comes because they have become closer to political power.
" Are there any corrupt specialists among them? Yes. Do they all do their job properly? No. But politics has rushed to them not because they do not return property to people, but because they have become close to the political power of some people ," he declared.
Regarding the debate over magistrates' salaries, Shehi described it as a populist element, aiming to create hostility in public opinion.
" It culminates in the salary issue, which is the most populist element. You tell people that these people are getting millions and it raises waves of hatred. Do they have the right to demand more? I also think that the demands should be more moderate, but this is not the biggest problem the government has ," concluded Shehi.
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