Consensus for Special Anti-Corruption Prosecution?

15/09/2016 00:00

While the Parliament was under the usual hot debates, full of
accusations and counter-accusations between the majority and the
opposition, US representatives intermediated with the Albanian members
of the Justice Commission to reach compromise for the Anti-Corruption
Prosecution Structure (SPAK).

This law regulates the functionality of the Special Prosecution, the National Bureau of Investigation and the Special Courts, which are built to fight organized crime and corruption.

The Democratic Party claimed through a 31-page-long opinion that the draft-law is anticonstitutional for allowing the government to influence these institutions. After four hours of discussions, the parties have come out with an almost complete consensus.

“We were able find agreement with the international experts of OPDAT and EURALIUS. We found a solution for these issues”, declared the Democratic Party MP, Oerd Bylykbashi.

They were unable to find consensus only for one of the main opposition concerns, the government’s possibility to influence the appointing of judges, prosecutors and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecution staff.

It is still early to say if this consensus will last, but it was finally found two weeks after the opposition failed to vote the Vetting law, and they have not decided yet if they will appeal at the Constitutional Court the law voted by the majority only.

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