Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted on social media after the Special Prosecution Office addressed the Albanian Parliament to lift the immunity of Belinda Balluku MP and authorize her arrest.
Edi Rama's reaction:
After being overturned by the Constitutional Court for the unconstitutional and antidemocratic suspension of a member of the government, before the ink on the Constitutional Court's decision had dried, the prosecutor in question is asking the Assembly for authorization to arrest the deputy prime minister - in prison or at home. It is universally known that arrests without trial, whether at home or in prison, have become a rude fashion in Albania, and that Albania has become a country with more pre-trial detainees than prisoners - a shameful fact with no connection to European democratic standards - which has also seriously concerned the Council of Europe. But of course, in the case in question, we cannot and will not prejudge the special prosecutor's request, but since unlike other processes, where we as a rule do not speak about the content of the cases, this time we are asked to give our opinion, we will engage with all our responsibility before the Albanians who gave us 83 mandates, and we will prepare to maintain a fair, clear and worthy stance, as the leading force of the country and of Justice Reform.