Politics should gather its wits and do the work for which it is voted and paid!
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Mero Baze has hit on the definition of today’s crisis in the country. Yes, that’s right, the only crisis is the one between the power of justice and the political power in the country.
In reality, the crisis did not come because justice investigates, judges and punishes, but because in the name of investigation, trial and punishment, the dose of abuse has increased. On the other hand, the political power, complicated by the idea that it invented itself of “impunity”, gave free rein to criminal justice to do whatever it wants, even in abusing the requirements of due process. “Great job, let that other person fall for it..”
Although the Strasbourg court has dealt a severe blow to irregular judicial processes in these post-reform years, abuses continue. Basic notions on the method of obtaining evidence; on checks and wiretaps; on the initiation of criminal prosecution; on guarantees in investigation and trial; on the equality of parties in the process; on respect for confidentiality and privacy; on the rights of appeal; and even the initial notions of not depriving people of their liberty without trial, or of acquainting people with the charges and materials that accompany them, have SEVERELY BEEN BLOWED.
I am certainly aware that public debate on due process issues is not at all sexy for the expectations of the crowd that demands fresh human blood and flesh. I am also aware that even politicians without power find it easier to excite the crowds with Jacobinisms of wiretapping made public after being taken out of context, than to think about interventions in the legal system that prevent abuses of justice by the law.
But we must fix one thing well:
DUE PROCESS is the GUARANTEE of the public and every individual. Only due process protects against abuse by justice officials.
If justice is not limited in such a way that it is placed on the tracks of due legal process, we are all punishable without owing anyone anything. Of course they will find something and invent it to give you the punishment too. That’s how the system is today, they put you in and then find something you did….
But remember, criminal justice was not invented to criminalize people by force, nor to isolate people without facts, but to punish the guilty strictly on the basis of evidence, not gossip or suspicion. In fact, just so you know, the principle of due process is that doubt always goes in favor of the suspect/defendant.
The living proof of the abuse of justice with the principles of due process is the high number of people isolated in prison as pre-trial detainees. We have more isolated people (up to 60%) in prison without evidence than convicted with final decisions.
This is fatal evidence of criminal justice abusing the law and its functions.
Another proof that the justice system abuses the process is the public disclosure of strictly confidential investigative data, especially wiretaps and testimonies. When they hold a trial in public, it is an indication that the file is poor in evidence. Through a public trial, pressure increases on the court, which usually does not dare to decide differently from what the “public has decided”… Popular justice, that is….
In fact, people have become somewhat more aware of this situation now that justice has also hit political figures with the same abuse. There was not and still is not the same awareness of the abuse of other investigated, arrested and unpunished people, ordinary people in this country. Because they do not have access to the media even when the latter judges them with “sources” obtained from irregular justice.
But I believe one simple thing is well understood:
When justice dares to abuse politicians, imagine what they do to others…
I can tell you with professional assurance that this is true.
They kick them like a donkey in a cigarette!
We understand that we don’t always understand, but cases of abuse of due process are not rare.
Without any doubt, investigation, or regret, this reality must change.
Yes, politics, without in any way hindering justice in performing its legitimate functions, must set its limits.
The Parliament of the Republic has a duty to stop this massive abuse of justice and fundamental freedoms and rights in the country.
And yes, Edi Rama and his majority, who say they “gave the sword” to justice, should first establish rules so that this sword does not kill people without facts and without due process. We are not asking them to take away the sword, but to establish clear rules and clear legal limits for its use.
The one who gives you the gun should also set the rules for its use. Only those who carry guns without a permit use them as they please.
Of course, Sali Berisha, who is also a victim of the irregular process, should be willing to help put justice on the track of the regular process.
In no way is it suggested that politics dictate concrete processes, but making rules is its duty, not that of justice.
Neither thawing nor freezing is suggested, but only one thing:
The creation of an IMPARTIAL COURT. A court that recognizes evidence, not gossip. A court that shows the abusive prosecutor the place, just as it shows the prison door to the criminal.
Politicians and parties can fight and bicker as much as they want, but if they truly want justice, they must make reforms.
We need reforms, not talk, not pathetic appeals, not Jacobin petitions, and more importantly, embassy espionage.
Get your heads together, people, and do the work you were mandated and paid to do!