Editorial: Eroding the public’s trust in equality before the law

The case of former Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri is not obeying the classical rule of public tumult in Albania: let three days go and everything shall pass. The request of prosecutors to the Parliament to allow his arrest was struck down by a majority vote and the affair has kept the political, social and media debate roaring. What happened in the Parliament’s council of mandates was unprecedented. The duty of the body is not to review the evidence. That’s the job of courts. Parliament is simply supposed to let the justice system do its job, not take over its duties….