TIRANA Nov 3 /ATA/ – By I.Vata/ The chairman of the DP parliamentary group, Alfred Rushaj, stated that cleansing politics of corrupt and crime-related politicians is in the best interests of good governance for citizens and ends impunity.
Outlining the vetting of politicians at the joint meeting of the Parliamentary Law Commission and the Legislation Council, Rushaj said that the time has come for politicians to be treated on an equal footing with judges, prosecutors and police officers, who are subject to the vetting process for legitimacy of assets and ties with crime.
Senior officials including MPs, PM, ministers, mayors and directors of constitutional institutions should be subject to decriminalization and the same vetting norms for evaluating the ties with organized crime and legitimacy of wealth.
To highlight the vital importance of vetting in politics, the chairman of DP parliamentary group referred to the symbol of the state war against the mafia, Paolo Borsellino.
The chairman of DP parliamentary group, Alfred Rushaj, added that all suggestions of Venice Commission have been incorporated in DP amendments.
