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How does Ambassador Gonzato comment on SPAK's taking of Balluk as a defendant?

2025-11-12 22:59:52Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Grida Duma and Silvio Gonzato

EU Ambassador to Albania, Silvio Gonzato, was asked by Grida Duma on "Top Story" regarding the investigation launched by SPAK into Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku.

The ambassador explained that the EU respects a policy of not commenting on matters under investigation. According to him, the presumption of innocence is one of the main principles governing the judiciary, adding that “you cannot start sentencing people before investigations and judicial proceedings have taken place.”

Gonzato added that it is important that there is dialogue between parliament and the executive.

Excerpt from the interview:

Grida Duma: And role-playing means that another pillar that you have highlighted is that the control and monitoring from the parliament to the executive is limited. Which means that the majority has more space that is not limited by control. Which means that at the moment we have an investigation and something is happening by SPAK for the number two of the government. How do you see this atmosphere? How do you see it? The Prime Minister is saying that justice has its own mission. We are continuing, let's say, our governance. What will be a European standard in this perspective? Or are they free to continue with this, let's say, attitude towards the Albanian people?

Ambassador: I understand what you mean. We have a policy of not commenting on cases under investigation. Because one of the principles that governs the judiciary is the presumption of innocence. So you can't start sentencing people before the investigations and the judicial proceedings have taken place. But, in general, I think it's clear that, as the report says, the parliament does not exercise sufficient control over the actions of the executive. And to go back to what you said about the control of the judiciary as well, I wouldn't call that control because the judiciary, as I said, is independent. But the judicial authorities, SPAK, the High Prosecutorial Council, the Judicial Council, they report. You know, they report regularly to the parliament. And I think it's important that these debates take place, that members of parliament ask these institutions, are you doing enough for the citizens? But for them to also listen to their requests, because these institutions sometimes ask for more resources, ask for more structures, for more, you know, for some special adjustments to the laws that regulate their functioning, etc.

So, it's a dialogue that needs to take place and it's very important that it takes place. So, I don't like the term monitoring because I don't think that parliament should monitor independent institutions, but there should be a dialogue between the two.


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