Ilir Proda's departure was imposed by pressure from partners and a crisis of confidence in the State Police leadership, while the choice of a successor is being closely monitored by the US and the EU...
The removal of the head of the State Police, Ilir Proda, was a forced move by Edi Rama, who held him hostage as long as he could to delay the act.
Western chancelleries and agencies had long been demanding radical changes in the State Police, while SPAK has also repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with the high-ranking blue uniformed police.
For a year now, the Special Prosecution's most important operations have been carried out almost entirely by its National Bureau of Investigation forces, bypassing the police. This is after there have been several critical reports following the failure of operations to arrest the leaders of criminal gangs.
Meanwhile, for the election of the new police chief, Edi Rama has undertaken a direct maneuver, leaving in suspense a false "competition" with 16 candidates for the position of director general, in order to fish for lobbies that could be linked behind one or the other candidate.
The part that interests Edi Rama in this case is the creation of a lobby by foreign chancelleries to display their preferences.
If this were to happen, then it is planned to cancel the first phase and postpone the election of the director to the second phase, using the mandatory-determination method.
But Edi Rama's 'hook' has not caught any fish and normally he cannot deceive diplomats with such a provincial game.
As it is learned, both the US and Western countries have described it in reports to the chancelleries as a predetermined competition.
The State Police is considered a politicized agency and closely linked, mainly at the highest levels, in a pyramidal manner to the Prime Minister.
European Union countries have asked Albania to ensure that police chiefs are not appointed politically, but according to defined meritocracy criteria.
In addition to the principle, it is learned that certain models have also been offered for the separation of the police from politics. One of the most important drafts was the one that defined the method of appointing and dismissing blue uniformed superiors, similar to the appointment of prosecutors and judges, with a cross-system that excludes political decisions, especially for the police dome.
Currently, the director of the State Police is formally selected by a commission of the Ministry of Interior, which includes political appointees, who submit the proposal to the prime minister after the selection process is complete.
The head of government signs and seals the new appointment, making this high-ranking position a political nomenclature, without a balancing check.
In various European countries, the appointment of the Director General of Police is not a political, but an institutional nomenclature.
In Italy, for example, the head of the police is appointed with the joint signatures of the President of the Republic and the Minister of the Interior, with strong professional criteria.
In the West, police chiefs are mainly cadres who have served for years in the ranks of the security agency, have climbed the career ladder step by step, and, when they are elected to the top, are right at the peak of their careers.
Meanwhile, in Albania, political appointments have meant that at the head of the State Police, not only the senior director, but also other leaders, are young men with mustaches, who receive ranks in less than 10 years of career.
Meanwhile, both internal reports from security agencies and international ones have severely accused the Albanian police hierarchy of being a partner of organized crime.
Almost every month, new facts about this close relationship emerge, both from SPAK investigations and from the justice systems of European countries.
These reports reveal that in many cases the existence of officers in gangs is not simply clientelistic relationships and corruption, but a pyramidal structure.
This means that very often the officers who participate in criminal gangs are appointed by mafia barons to carry out direct work for them. Not only providing information and covering their backs, but also murder and robbery on behalf of the bosses.
These reports have also revealed a suspected connection of these criminalized officers with high-level politics in the country, pointing the finger at the state dome.
For the selection of the new head of the State Police, European countries, but also the US, are monitoring the process very closely. Diplomats and representatives of delegations of European police agencies are expected to participate in the days of the candidates' interviews.
Finally, a statement is expected after Edi Rama appoints the new police chief./ Pamphlet
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