The core of the justice reform is fight against high-level corruption,
but the recent propositions seem to create gaps that may be used by
officials so that they will not stay in prison while under
investigation.
Defendants are kept under arrest if evidences are at risk, when the person may leave the country, or when the defendant poses a threat to others.
New propositions suggest that clear evidence will be needed to prove that these persons need to be held under custody, which may allow officials to stay out of prison until trial.
An example for this are the cases of Supreme Court judge Majlinda Andrea and Bank Governor Ardian Fullani, both suspected of contaminating evidence or of leaving the country.
The Ministry of Justice says that these tolerant propositions are made to remove a “bolshevik” practice which requires that every suspect should be held under police custody while being investigated.
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