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Justice reform must be implemented despite renewed resistance from judges, urge US, EU, NGOs

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Albania's Constitutional Court in a recent session. (Photo: Archives)
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TIRANA, June 13 – Albania’s justice reform must go on despite a motion by two judges’ unions to the Constitutional Court to void certain aspects of the vetting process, say political leaders, civil society organizations and foreign diplomats. The leaders of Albania’s three largest three largest political parties recently reiterated their support of the judicial reform they voted in parliament. Representatives of the United States and the European Union in Tirana also issued strong statements saying the reform must not be stopped or watered down. Earlier this month, two groups representing judges in Albania have asked the country’s highest court…

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