TIRANA, October 26 /ATA/ Justice reform, an ambitious government effort aimed at radically transforming a system of gangrene by corruption, political interference, lack of professionalism and integrity, will receive significant budget support in 2021.
According to the draft budget for 2021, which has arrived in the Assembly for consideration, the fund available for the activity of the Special Structure against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) is estimated at 500 million Lek.
To support the activity of the High Inspectorate of Justice, the fund in the draft budget of 2021 is estimated at 245 million Lek, for the activity of the Transitional Reassessment of the Magistrate 198 million Lek, for the activity of the Transitional Reassessment Appeal 137 million Lek, while for the activity of the Public Commissioner 74 million Lek.
For the activity of the High Council of the Prosecution, the fund in the budget is estimated at 164 million Lek, while for the High Judicial Council the available fund is estimated at 3.4 billion Lek.
The justice system in Albania has undergone a series of profound reforms, in order to meet European standards in this system. Through the approval of some additions and amendments to law no. 8417/1998 “Constitution of the Republic of Albania”, as amended, Albania started implementation of the Justice Reform.
The goals of the Judicial Reform in the long run are to strengthen the accountability of judges and prosecutors and to fight corruption within the justice system, to demonstrate further progress with a view to establishing solid precedents for investigations, prosecutions and convictions in the fight against corruption and organized crime at all levels, as well as improve institutional mechanisms to promote efforts to bring existing juvenile justice legislation in line with international standards./p.s./
