Albania has fulfilled most of the recommendations for the fight against corruption in public administration, set by GRECO, the Council of Europe structure that makes one of the most important assessments in this sector. According to the report read by the Minister of State for Administration, our country has fulfilled 75% of the tasks and is a leader in the region.
"Of the 24 recommendations assigned to Albania, 18 of them are now considered fully implemented, 5 of them partially and only 1 of them still remains to be implemented," said Adea Pirdeni.
This was also confirmed by the representative of the Council of Europe, who underlined that corruption has no nationality, but must be prevented from its genesis.
"No one is immune to corruption. The question is how we can handle this situation so that it does not become an act of corruption, which is why prevention is very important. That is why I am very happy that Albania has completed all these measures to prevent corruption," said Gianluca Esposito.
This result, according to the Prime Minister, entitles Albania to aspire to EU membership within this decade, a milestone for which the country will need profound reforms.
"We are making comprehensive efforts to deepen this progress by preparing another wave of good governance, rule of law and anti-corruption reforms, with a major involvement of all institutions and with the interaction of the three independent powers, the Legislative Power, the Executive Power and the Judiciary," said Rama.
He sees the situation with the judiciary as more problematic, a reality that seems to be lagging behind the times. He cites the questioning at SPAK as an example.
"In the justice system, we are still in the Stone Age. We conduct interviews in the prosecution, and in the police in fact, without audio and without video, interviews in the prosecution, from the general jurisdiction prosecution to the special prosecution, are conducted as in the Stone Age. I see you and you see me, I ask you and you tell me and I write whatever I want. This has been highlighted by international institutions, it is one of the things that needs to be corrected urgently and we will definitely correct it," the prime minister emphasized.
The digital system should also be extended to justice, so there was a direct request to the Supreme Court.
"A project that is already experiencing an illogical delay, but which I hope will finally be put on track and I hope that the High Judicial Council will not delay it any longer, but will move it forward. We as a government have committed funds and are fully supportive of implementing this program," the head of government continued.
Edi Rama sees all of these as tasks that must be completed before negotiations with Brussels can be concluded. The hammer is held over the government's head by chief negotiator Majlinda Dhuka. "She watches over us like a devoted agent of the European Union," Rama concluded. (A2 Televizion)
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