TIRANA, January 11 /ATA/ Minister of Justice Ulsi Manja spoke today about 5 achievements of the Reform in Justice for the year 2022. Thus, he listed approval of the new judicial map, the postponement of the mandate of the Vetting bodies, the increase in the number of candidates for magistrates, the easing of the stock of files in the Supreme Court and the easing of the workload of the courts as much as possible.
At the press conference, together with Minister of the Interior Bledi Çuçi, Manja also focused on the objectives for this year, where he singled out as the most important implementation of the judicial map.
“The implementation of the judicial map, the reorganization of the court of first instance, the Court of Appeal of the General Jurisdiction, the easing of the workload of the courts regarding the review of property files, as well as the opening of free legal aid offices in the premises of the courts that will be closed are the basic objectives”, he said.
According to him, the new judicial map will be implemented in close cooperation with the High Judicial Council.
“The implementation of the new judicial map will start on February 1 with the reorganization of the Courts of Appeal, followed by the court of the first instance, to be concluded in July 2023 with the reorganization of the administrative courts of the third instance”, said the minister.
Manja stated that the achievements that Albania has made in the field of justice, order and public security have also been recognized by the EU.
“Justice, order and public security are the two important pillars for the rule of law. It was not by chance that Tirana was chosen for the organization of the ministerial of the Western Balkans with the European Union of the ministers of Justice and those of the Interior. The Czech Presidency of the EU chose Tirana because of the achievements that Albania has in the field of justice, order and public security”, said Manja. /j.p/p.s./
