TIRANA, June 17 /ATA/ – Head of Albania’s Special Anti-Corruption and Organised Crime Structure (SPAK), Klodjan Braho, said on Wednesday that Albania’s justice system now serves the public interest with professionalism and impartiality, as he called for efforts to preserve the standards established through the judicial vetting process.
Speaking at a conference marking the completion of the transitional re-evaluation process for judges and prosecutors, Braho said the vetting process had played a key role in transforming Albania’s justice system and strengthening public confidence in judicial institutions.
According to Braho, the screening process helped renew the judiciary and introduced new standards of accountability and integrity.
“Public trust in the justice system cannot be achieved without individual accountability,” Braho said. “The standards established through vetting are reflected in the daily work of judges and prosecutors, who have undergone rigorous scrutiny designed to safeguard public confidence.”
He thanked all institutions and stakeholders involved in the process, describing the vetting exercise as a historic milestone for Albania’s justice system.
Addressing the impact of the reform on SPAK, Braho said the process had been instrumental in the creation and consolidation of the country’s new justice institutions.
“For SPAK, vetting has played a particularly important role,” he said. “Today, the justice system represents the public interest with professionalism and impartiality. The institutions established through the justice reform have reached the level of maturity required to fulfil their mandate. Our challenge now is to preserve the standards that have been achieved.”
The conference focused on the results of the vetting process to date and the challenges involved in safeguarding the standards introduced through Albania’s landmark justice reform.
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