The first-instance vetting commissioners, after the end of the mandate of this temporary institution established within the framework of the justice reform, are rushing to find themselves in new positions.
Some are engaged in politics, others in other independent institutions and still others in the justice system. One of them is the former commissioner Genta Bungo Tafa. The highlight of her career so far is that of leading the independent qualification commission. How a bailiff and lecturer with a poor scientific and teaching CV managed to do it is another topic.
What is known is that Genta Bungo is aiming for other achievements, even to reach the top of our justice system and the rule of law itself; a member of the Constitutional Court. Her candidacy has been accepted by the Judicial Appointments Council, which took three meetings to decide on 'yes' or 'no'.
Sources claim that the reasons for the reluctance in the first two meetings of the KED were related to a problematic report on the assets of the vetting commissioner. The report cites a failure to justify the assets declared by her with the income declared over the years. Furthermore, Bungo has
In addition, there are public denunciations from individuals within the justice system themselves who raise suspicions that Genta Bungo has benefited from 200 thousand euros from a prosecutor or judge who was subject to vetting. The file, according to this denunciation, is in the special prosecutor's office and filed by the State Intelligence Service.
Verification of these claims belongs to the competent bodies, but until then, the appointment of Genta Bungo to the top of the Albanian state system, such as the Constitutional Court, would constitute an indelible stain on justice reform as long as its protagonists themselves are rumored to have unjustified wealth, concealment of income, and lack of transparency.