Concerns mount as Constitutional Court postpones justice reform ruling

TIRANA, July 20 – Albania’s Constitutional Court has postponed a decision on a lawsuit by two judges’ associations seeking to void aspects of three laws that are part of a major justice reform package seen as vital for the country’s EU bid. Proponents of the reform are worried the lawsuit is a delay tactic to postpone implementation of the reform. One of the laws in question relates to re-evaluation of judges and prosecutors, best known as the Vetting Law, which is considered as a key element of the justice reform. Earlier, the Constitutional Court had indicated it would not hold…