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Lawyer Kreshnik Spahiu has commented on Prime Minister Edi Rama's clashes with judges over the case of the suspension of the government's number two, Belinda Balluku.
According to the lawyer, the clash between judges and Prime Minister Rama is a positive fact that the judiciary is not controlled by politics.
'In 35 years, judges or prosecutors have been dismissed for political decision-making by the Assembly and none during the government of Edi Rama, but before and in this context Edi Rama is right. So what is the difference between Rama and Berisha. Berisha is the man who knows and has information about 100 percent of judges by name, surname and tribe and who appointed him. Meanwhile, Rama knows more builders and architects than judges and I give you this with complete certainty. Despite his seniority and longevity in power, Rama has shortcomings in how the justice system functions and this is the negative and positive part, the fact that he knows and does not have information is an advantage for the judicial power,' he said.
Yesterday, the public stance of the Judges' Association did not please the Prime Minister, who responded with a special reaction towards them.
The Black Squads demanded that the Head of Government stop his media messages regarding the suspension of Deputy Prime Minister Balluku by the GJKKO, an issue that Rama has sent to the Constitutional Court.
"Daily messages create a climate of distrust towards the judiciary, which can then be used as a justification for erosive interventions towards its independence. This independence is put at risk not only by concrete actions aimed at limiting the sphere of competence of this power, but also by any act or statement perceived as a threat or political pressure towards judicial activity," said the Judges' Association.
The Prime Minister does not like it when limits are imposed on him, so he publicly rejected the criticism coming from the Judges' Association, denying that his interventions constituted pressure on the constitutional body.
"Either they don't know the meaning of the word pressure, or they know that when they complain about me, it doesn't hurt them, because I'm the one who hasn't fought with them for 10 years, even silently chewing over quite a few painful 'mistakes' of the judiciary. However, the Judges' Association is very wrong if it expects me to keep my mouth shut and not share my opinion with the public, not even when I am a party to a constitutional court, because the function I cover has been attacked in its independence by a prosecutor and a judge and risks being crippled for today and for the future in its backbone," said Rama.
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