TIRANA, April 6 /ATA/ – By I. Vata/ Minister of Justice, Ulsi Manja, announced after the government meeting on Wednesday the approval of 3 decisions, the law on the level of pay for coordinators of Anti-Corruption Unit, the general regulation on penitentiary and the special treatment for official translators.
After the government meeting, Manja said that today the government adopted three important decisions proposed by the Ministry of Justice.
“The first decision is about the Anti-Corruption Unit. The government took a decision regarding the level of pay for the network of anti-corruption coordinators in some state institutions and agencies. I take this opportunity to thank the government and the Prime Minister for the support they give to the Anti-Corruption Unit, as an expression of the clear will to fight corruption in the public administration,” he said.
Manja added that the second decision concerns the approval of the general regulation on penitentiary system .
“Two years after the penitentiary laws went through parliament, today we adopt the new regulation for prisons which is an important element that guarantees the proper functioning of the penitentiary system, respects the human dignity and rights and freedoms of detainees remanded in custody in accordance with all national and international documents,” he said.
Manja also added that the third document is about the criteria and procedure for providing special treatment to official translators and interpreters of sign language in Albania.
“It’s a new standard in place. There are additional guarantees given to official translators and sign language interpreters, especially when dealing with official translations on behalf of criminal proceedings,” he said.
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