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The Minister of Justice, Ulsi Manja, agreed with the request of the head of SPAK, Klodian Braho, to change the constitutional framework that regulates the mandate of special prosecutors. Currently, the Constitution provides for a 9-year mandate, without the right to re-election.
During discussions in the Laws Committee, where the SPAK annual report was being reviewed, Manja declared that he is ready to support an initiative for constitutional changes, so that special prosecutors are given the opportunity to re-run for a second term.
The minister's statement was opposed by opposition MPs Oerd Bylykbashi and Gent Strazimiri, who argued that the current model was approved by consensus and that changing it is not necessary.
Manja: SPAK is a constitutional body, it has a long life as an institution. After prosecutors accumulate all this experience, they are told to leave and are not allowed to run again. Whoever wants to run again must undergo an evaluation process to be re-elected. So I also ask my colleagues in the opposition, because this also requires political initiative. There are conditions regarding your privacy. Personally, I share this opinion, you should have the right to run for a second term in the KLP like all other prosecutors in the system. The temporary nature of prosecutors undermines the quality of the investigation. Let's unite the votes, change the constitution and remove the limitation on the term. We voted together for the current law, 140 votes. You say I am against extending the term.
Bylykbashi: There was a member of parliament here who voted with his eyes closed, and you also voted for this law with your eyes closed.
Manja: You voted with your eyes closed for the decriminalization law. Write tomorrow morning, after you gathered us for dinner. The SPAK institution seems dependent to you.
Strazimir: You say the mandate is over and because of the remaining files we should change the constitution.
Manja: The right to run for re-election is a constitutional right.
Bylykbashi: The current law does not say so.
Manja: Let's change it.
Bylykbashi: The Venice Commission has said otherwise.
Manja: Yes, but the Venice Commission makes suggestions. Things are not written in stone and they don't change.
Bylykbashi: I have spent many sleepless days worrying about that law.
Manja: This debate was necessary because I wanted to understand their approach, because behind the cameras they express themselves differently.
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