Prime Minister Edi Rama , in his long press conference, also focused on justice reform, which he said has copyright.
According to the head of government, the fact that many socialist officials are facing justice, he stated that "a lot is relative", saying that during his mandates there have been over 50 ministers, 200 MPs, or 600 local government leaders.
The Prime Minister stated that he was the one who, when he was in opposition, submitted to the government of the time a document called the "pact for the rule of law" related to the reform in the judiciary.
"You and anyone else can say that the justice reform was brought by America by plane, or by the EU by steamer from Brindisi, but anyone who knows the history of justice reform, just go back to when we were in opposition, long before 2013, because they are in the documents. There is a written document that the opposition of that time, because now you are used to the opposition without writing and without a corner, but the opposition of that time sent to the government of that time, a document of proposals that was called the pact for the rule of law. Read what that pact says there. It goes back even further, there are notes about the opposition's program in Albania, we will carry out justice reform. These are facts and you have the chief witness in front of you," said Rama.
Question: 11 years ago you thought it was the system that corrupted the individual, today when many high-ranking officials in central and local government are facing justice, do you think the same?
Rama: The first is surprising to me, since I have been answering this question for years. I don't know what is not understood in what I say. I want to remind you that what is happening with justice is not separate from what I have said, they are together.
When I said that it's not the people who corrupt the system, but the system that corrupts the people, I didn't invent it, it's public knowledge.
Second, precisely because I believed what I said, I led efforts for justice reform, as part of the battle to build a system that people cannot corrupt. When you say how many people, I don't know what you're measuring that by. It depends on what benchmark you're starting from.
The Socialist Party has 800 thousand supporters, there will be even more in the spring. There is a number, I believe there must have been over 50 ministers during these mandates, there must have been over 500-600 local leaders during these mandates. There may have been over 200 deputies, what does it mean now that a lot…a lot of what?
Of course, you and whoever you want can say that the justice reform was brought by America by plane, or the EU by steamer from Brindisi, but anyone who knows the history of justice reform, just go back to when we were in opposition, long before 2013, because they are in the documents. There is a written document that the opposition of that time, because now you are used to the opposition without writing and without a corner, but the opposition of that time sent to the government of that time, a document of proposals that was called the pact for the rule of law. Read there what that pact says. It goes back even further, there are notes about the opposition program in Albania, we will carry out justice reform. These are facts and you have the chief witness in front of you.
Did you catch me, did you catch me? It's a big step, but there's no problem. What I can say is that if this is happening in Albania, the copyright for the fact that a system collapsed, I've said it, you have it registered, from the late president who is no longer there, to others who attacked me for saying we would collapse this justice system. I'm speaking as an architect. Will we clean the scum from the justice system? These are my words spoken a long time ago. Have they been cleaned or not? We want justice neither left nor right. I think everything I say, in the sense that I believe it, I don't believe things that I don't say. Look for a prime minister in all of Europe who hasn't made a comment on a concrete issue and tell me who he is and bring it to me. Why because I, who comment on your work, don't I have comments to make?! I have plenty, but it's strategic decision-making.
"I am neither for eating chicken nor for enjoying life the way those who have more cars than socks understand the enjoyment of life," said Rama .