Prosecution, part of the High Council of Justice

14/11/2014 00:00

The former Prosecutor General, Arben Rakipi, declared that interventions
at the judiciary system should influence the Constitution and change
the principles on which this system is built.

“The Constitutional predictions for justice do not answer to the current terrain”, says the former leader of the Prosecution, who was invited in Top Channel’s main news edition.

For Arben Rakipi, the Prosecution should intervene in the system and review the appointing method of the Prosecutor General, and the Prosecution should be represented at the High Council of Justice, as he said.

Ilir Paço: You said that the Prosecutors say other things in coffee tables, and other things in the poll. What troubles you more about this seemingly doubled reality?

Arben Rakipi: There is always a difference between the official and personal opinion. My concern is if judges were more open and more reflective when giving their opinion about possible future reforms. The Prosecutors were more reclutant to change the system, which has clearly many problems. This is a closed system, non-transparent, and doesn’t express the public’s interests in general, which should be represented in the Court’s room. This was their main concern which I was able to express in today’s meeting.

Ilir Paço: You have been a former Prosecutor General. What do you think that should change in the Constitution and the law for the Prosecution?

Arben Rakipi: In my opinion, the first important thing is about how the Prosecutor is appointed and discharged, and also his competences. Today’s method have influenced professional hesitation among simple prosecutors who are lacking a deserved career. Secondly, the generation of candidacies and criteria on which the Prosecutor General is appointed are important and should be seen with seriousness. Sometimes they cut the path of important careers or that have been imported from outside the judiciary system. Another important thing is reinforcing the role of the existing collegial institutions. Their existence at the Prosecution should increase. There are other procedural issues, but it is not the case to discuss them here. The role of the highest Prosecutor should be seen wit seriousness and concern.

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