Judges against lustration law

TIRANA, Feb 10 – The National Association of Judges of the Constitutional Court expressed against the implementation of the recently-passed lustration law considering it unconstitutional.
The same request was also made previously by the prosecutors’ association and other organizations.
The political opposition claims that the governing Democratic Party majority aims to cover its corruption by attacking the judicial network, prosecutors and judges who had previously worked under the former communist regime but are now involved in corruptive cases involving ministers and other senior officials.
The application of the new law would eventually fire from their posts a considerable number of judges and prosecutors and likely bring the judicial system into a crisis.
The new law has also been criticized for the way it has been compiled, for running counter to certain laws and the constitution, by the international community.
Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who has called it “a historical victory against political crime”, has brushed aside such a criticism and has also invited international experts, specifically Czech experts to monitor its implementation.