Besides the Vetting Law, two Judge Associations have challenged at the
Constitutional Court the law for the status of judges and prosecutors,
saying it violates 22 articles of the Constitution
“It violates almost every Constitutional principle”, says Erion Bani, from the National Association of Judges.
The judges asked the Constitutional Court to not only declare the law as anti-constitutional, but also suspend it. They say the law brings consequences that affect state interests, that it creates institutional vacuum, chaos in the justice system and an eventual blockage in issuing verdicts.
The High Council of Justice is one of the institutions that is directly affected. The Constitution states that the current members stay in power until all members of the new institution are elected, but, according to judges, HCJ has its competences removed once the law enters in effect.
Judges also say several constitutional articles are violated after the President of the Supreme Court will have his mandate interrupted, together with other judges throughout the country. Judges will not benefit of the right for a fair process.
Judges, who have agreed to challenge the “Vetting” law, said they were excluded from the consultations of the Justice Reform Commission.
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