TIRANA, July 16 /ATSH/ The constitutional amendments and the entire legal corpus approved as part of the Justice Reform guarantee the prevention of any political influence on the functioning of the judiciary, “Minister of Justice, Etilda Gjonaj, said on Friday.
Gjonaj said that, “regarding the legislative framework of justice reform, amendments to 41 articles of the Justice Reform package have been adopted in pursuit of the Constitutional Court ruling to unblock the swearing-in procedures for judges and prosecutors.”
“Constitutional amendments to 46 articles or 1/3 of the Constitution have been adopted, followed by the change of entire legislation in effect for the justice system,” said Gjonaj.
Gjonaj added that, “there are 1922 articles amended in 27 laws.”
“Constitutional amendments and the entire legal corpus adopted in the framework of justice reform ensure integrity, accountability and efficiency in the administration of justice for citizens in line with the best European standards,” said Gjonaj.
“After the approval of the constitutional amendments on July 21-22, 2016, and the package of 7 organic laws of justice reform a few months later, the process of adopting 20 other laws as part of the package of Justice Reform has concluded,” said Gjonaj.
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