Bardhi: SPAK should investigate the responsibility of the Minister of Interior, Rama and Koçiu lied when they said that the police have no role in the security of the courts

2025-10-07 16:14:55Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Bardhi: SPAK should investigate the responsibility of the Minister of Interior,

The Chairman of the Democratic Party Parliamentary Group, Gazment Bardhi, has reacted again after the murder of judge Astrit Kalaja, asking SPAK to investigate the responsibilities of the Interior Ministers.

Through a statement on social media, Bardhi describes the statements of Prime Minister Edi Rama and Interior Minister Albana Koçiu as "criminal disinformation", which aims to hide the institutional failure of the police to guarantee order and security in judicial premises.

They stated that the state police have no responsibility for guarding the courts in the country, but according to Bardhi, this is untrue.

Bardhi accuses the government of "state irresponsibility" and demands the resignation of the Minister of Interior, describing her behavior as "a minimal lack of human and institutional sensitivity."

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Yesterday, after the serious and shocking event of the murder of a judge in the courtroom and while on duty, first the Prime Minister and then the Minister of Interior, publicly lied to public opinion, hiding the role of the State Police in court security.

The Prime Minister spoke about private guards, while the Minister of Interior, in order to manipulate the broad public opinion that rightly asked the question "how did an armed person manage to enter the courthouse premises", lied publicly by declaring that the State Police has no responsibility under the law for controlling entry and exit to the courts.

This is a LIE!

It is disinformation aimed at criminally covering up the truth about the serious event, which revealed how insecure citizens, including judges, are in their workplaces, due to the State Police's flight in an unknown direction.

As the High Judicial Council has made public today, according to the legislation in force, decision no. 333, dated 28.4.2010 of the Council of Ministers “On the preservation and security of state facilities” and decision no. 538, dated 8.7.2020 “On the determination of criteria and procedures for guaranteeing order and security in courts and prosecutor's offices”, the State Police is responsible for security in the courts. For every professional, or even citizen, who has been to the Court of Appeal, has found that in the entry-exit regime there are always State Police employees present, who also exercise physical control over deputies when they enter the court premises, but they did not do this against the murderer.

The Prime Minister and the Minister of Interior's lie is not simply disinformation or manipulation, but a high act of irresponsibility that shows the minimal lack of sensitivity towards the serious act that has shocked the entire Albanian and international public opinion.

The negligence in carrying out the duty of the State Police becomes even more serious when you look at the official correspondence between the High Judicial Council - the State Police - the Ministry of Interior today. The High Judicial Council asks the State Police to implement the law and take measures to guarantee security in the courts due to the increase in cases of threats against judges in the performance of their duties, and with the greatest irresponsibility, the Minister of Interior and the State Police refuse to fulfill their legal responsibility with the argument "we do not have sufficient human resources".

The manipulation of the truth by the Minister of Interior continued even further, when he declared that the State Police had intervened immediately and arrested the perpetrator. The images made public today by the media proved the complete opposite. It was the perpetrator of this serious crime who was calling for State Police officers to arrest him. So it was not the intervention of the Police, but the surrender, that led to the perpetrator's arrest.

Until yesterday, we were in the political responsibility that the Minister of Interior had for security in the courts. Today, after the attempt to manipulate the state responsibility of the State Police and the truth about the event, the Minister of Interior has shown institutional irresponsibility, a minimal lack of state and human sensitivity, which makes his resignation from office more urgent than ever.

I appeal to SPAK prosecutors to investigate the role and unfulfilled responsibilities of the Ministers of Interior and the General Directors of the State Police from 2023 onwards, who, with their inactions in violation of the law, have abused their office with very serious consequences, such as the murder of a judge in office.


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