We cannot remain silent in the face of the prime ministerial, public, media, completely hysterical, brawl, which aims to ignite opposition in public opinion for a decision-making and constitutional process that should take place in the courtroom...
The National Association of Judges of Albania has reacted strongly to Prime Minister Edi Rama's statements regarding their request to the Constitutional Court for a salary increase.
In a statement to the media, the judges described Rama's reaction as "public, media and completely hysterical slander", emphasizing that the process in question is still under review in the Constitutional Court and should be addressed there, not in public.
" The National Association of Judges has followed with regret and concern the campaign of public speculation undertaken by the head of the Council of Ministers... This populist smokescreen is designed to lynch judges and their associations in connection with a constitutional judicial process ," the announcement states, among other things.
In their response, the judges emphasize that their initiative is not aimed at increasing salaries, as has been publicly presented, but at protecting the principles of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary. “ The term 'salary increase' is deliberately chosen to manipulate public opinion ,” the Association emphasizes, accusing the government of “ creating a popular trial against justice .”
Following the statement, the judges state that their stance should not be seen as destabilizing or having a negative impact on the country: " This process contributes to the strengthening of democracy, the independence of the judiciary and the emancipation of magistrates ."
Prime Minister Edi Rama reacted a day ago through a video message, where he accused the Judges' Association of "secretly" seeking an increase in their salaries, which according to him would cost the state budget around 37 million euros from the taxes of Albanian citizens.
" The judges requested that the Constitutional Court increase their salaries, and if you listen to their session, you really feel in difficulty thinking that these are the people who judge and give justice. I thought this, that we are also smart. I made the request personally. This one tells the judge, 'let's do this secretly, the government had its mind on the elections, not on us'. Let's take another 37 million euros from Albanians' taxes ," Rama declared, among other things.
Reaction of the Judges Association
The National Association of Judges of the Republic of Albania has followed with regret and concern the campaign of public speculation undertaken by the head of the Council of Ministers and also its media development, which culminated last evening.
All this populist smoke has been created and spread with the aim of lynching judges and their associations in connection with a constitutional judicial process, which is in the final decision-making phase in the Constitutional Court.
Therefore, we consider it necessary, not to argue the constitutional justice of the claims presented in the two submitted requests, since their legal articulation and submission to the court of law is already a closed phase of the process, but to not allow the public to be misinformed about the goals of these judicial initiatives. In respect of the principles of the rule of law and the universal democratic and civic standards that our Republic aspires to, we cannot allow ourselves to exert pressure on the Constitutional Court, intimidate the judges, threaten them or disturb their peace of mind, which should be the final phase of the process, the decision-making phase. There is now only one legitimate voice that must be heard and that voice belongs only to the articulation of the decision by the Constitutional Court.
But we cannot remain silent in the face of the prime ministerial, public, media, completely hysterical, slander, which aims to ignite opposition in public opinion over a decision-making and constitutional process that should take place in the courtroom.
In all this government and media-multiplied campaign, incited day by day to create populist fury against a constitutional judicial process, some historical facts must be mentioned, which are neglected to be cited, intentionally by some and by the understandable ignorance of others.
Through this reaction, we seek to publicly convey that all civil and constitutional initiatives of judges' associations do not aim to "increase salaries", a term deliberately chosen, false and speculative, solely to oppose populism to the constitutional judicial process, as a weapon of legal impotence and the power of suppression.
All these constitutional and civil initiatives of judges' associations have not been undertaken over the years to convey to the public the false debate about which profession is more important and which should be paid more. In this history of constitutional objections, now for 10 years, it is not the judicial power that is seeking to impose itself on the executive and legislative powers. This is speculation. The truth is that it is the latter that are seeking to repeal Article 138 of the Constitution and with it the constitutional purposes of why such a norm has been sanctioned since 1998. This is a malicious goal of the public campaign launched to transform the constitutional judicial process into a people's court.
We believe that the behavior of judges' associations, over the years, in this regard should not be perceived as destabilizing for the country, neither from a social, legal nor financial point of view. On the contrary, attempts to present them in this way constitute another speculative approach. All this civil enterprise of judges' associations in the face of these government and legislative initiatives, openly or secretly unconstitutional, should be assessed as only contributing to the strengthening of the principles of the rule of law, democracy, the independence of the judiciary and also the emancipation of magistrates. This behavior should reflect in the public only the sense of civic determination to not allow oppression by any power.
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