Slow pace of Vetting Process is generating a stalemate in the judiciary system: AHC

The Vetting process is moving ahead at a very slow pace, preventing the constitution of new key bodies such as the High Council of Prosecution and the High Judicial Council , but at the same time becoming an obstacle as far as access to justice for Albanian citizens is concerned.

The Albanian Helsinki Committee has published a report on developments in the context of the Vetting process and its effects on the justice system, which draws attention to the fact that the delay of the process for around 800 judges and prosecutors should in no way obstruct the access of citizens to justice or lead the existing justice system to both temporarily collapse or malfunction.

The establishment of the High Judicial Council and the High Council of Prosecution is already a process that depends on the selection of candidates for members, ie judges and prosecutors, in these two councils.

Delays in timely establishment of these Councils have created a stalemate in filling vacancies at the High Court, in appointing a Prosecutor General with full mandate, as well as timely establishment of special anti-corruption and organized crime institutions.

For this reason, the Committee advises that Vetting might be developed at a faster pace for those judges and prosecutors who have been without any problems from the IQC’s administrative investigation.

Their priority would enable the constitution of new justice bodies, while allowing for the natural fulfillment of the seats created by the removal of disqualified judges and prosecutors.

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