Rama-Balluku/Berisha Amendment: The Constitutional Court has rejected this nonsense since 2002

2026-02-17 13:10:11Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Sali Berisha

The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, has reacted to the legal changes that the SP will undertake, which, according to him, aim to provide additional protection to the prime minister beyond what is provided for in the Constitution.

In a statement to the media, Berisha stated that any attempt to guarantee "non-suspension" or extended protection by law contradicts the spirit and letter of the Constitution, as well as the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Albania.

Berisha's statement

This does not only stem from the spirit and letter of the Constitution and the constitutionality of the order, but also stems from the direct decisions of the Constitutional Court, which for every country are equal to the norm of the Constitution.
When in 2002, the parliament, in an act of stupidity like the one they want to do now, approved laws and amendments to protect the president of the Supreme State Audit, decision number 212 of 2002 of the Constitutional Court.
The Constitutional Court threw the amendments, the amended law for a greater shield for the president of the Supreme State Audit, that Edi Rama will give him today, into the trash.
Do you understand?
No, said the court, the law on the constitutional body simply cannot provide what the Constitution has not provided.
That's it, it cannot.
The Constitution has determined this level of protection.
The authorization by the parliament to restrict movements, which the Constitutional Court overturned and I congratulate it.
He overturned it in the case of Sali Berisha and I congratulate him, despite the fact that it is a decision in violation of the law and the Constitution, but they have neither law nor Constitution.
So, it does not allow without the authorization of the parliament, the restriction of movement. It does not allow arrest.
The Constitution protects the institution and its functions.
The Constitution in no letter, in no article does it accept to protect without suspension.
No.
Not even the Prime Minister.
So, Edi Rama seeks to trample not only the spirit and letter of the Constitution, but also the decision of the Constitutional Court.
The specific case, the president of the Supreme Audit Institution. But as a constitutional institution it has its own similarity with other institutions.
But he, and those advisors, not to mention telling them what they deserve, trample on the constitutional norm that is the decision of the Constitutional Court 212 of 2002. Precisely for the president of the Supreme Audit Institution, to whom they wanted to give protection.
No, the court said, no other protection than what the Constitution provides.
The Constitution cannot be changed by laws.


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