TIRANA, May 7 /ATA/ – Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Thursday that Albania’s justice reform is irreversible, while stressing that sustained political backing would be essential to secure its long-term success.
Speaking at the opening session of the World Law Congress, due to be held in Tirana next year, Rama described the overhaul of the country’s justice system as a success story, but said continued support remained crucial a decade after the process began.
“This governing majority will continue to stand behind the justice institutions and will not waver from the legitimate public demand to implement the reform in every detail,” Rama said.
He acknowledged widespread public scepticism toward the justice system, saying many Albanians had lost faith in the principle of equality before the law after years of political interference and weak institutions.
“No one can blame those who remain sceptical, because for years justice proved to them that it was an illusion,” he said.
Rama said ‘the reform has fundamentally altered the balance of power in the country by creating institutions independent of political control.”
“We did what no one had imagined possible – relinquishing part of political power in order to establish an authority independent from politics,” he said.
He argued that the reform’s success depends on unwavering support from political forces capable of shaping its course, describing institution-building as one of the most significant challenges in Albania’s modern history.
“If you stand too close to a large fresco, you cannot see the whole picture, and from up close many things may appear flawed,” Rama said. “Building institutions is entirely different from the political instinct to concentrate power and control decision-making. It is not people who corrupt systems; it is weak systems that corrupt people.”
Rama said transforming the justice system is a long-term process that could not be completed within a decade or two, and would require consistent support over time.
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