Prosecutors and judges knocked on Belinda’s door/ Bardhi retorts to Rama: Very soon they will come for you too!

The head of the Democratic Party’s Parliamentary Group, Gazment Bardhi, clashed in Parliament with Prime Minister Edi Rama over the law on judges and prosecutors, accusing him of having designed a private state.

Bardhi reminded Rama that, in 2016, he proudly stated that judges and prosecutors would have higher salaries than his own, because he had designed the justice reform as a whip against the opposition.

But today, said the head of the DP parliamentary group, when judges and prosecutors have knocked on his door over major corruption cases, the prime minister is retaliating by withholding their salaries.

“In 2016, you were enthusiastic about judges and prosecutors having the highest possible salary, because you designed the justice reform as a whip against the opposition. But as soon as prosecutors and judges knocked on your door, first at Belinda’s and, very likely, very soon at yours too, you said: Wait! How did I make the mistake of treating them to a higher salary than my own?”, he said.

He also mentioned to the prime minister the accusations regarding Ron Yeffet, saying that the Israeli national speaks on behalf of Rama and the entire state.

STATEMENT BY GAZMENT BARDHI:

Edi Rama conceives of the state as a private state. You do not respect the decisions of the Constitutional Court, because you treat its decisions as if they are part of your comedy act. If you don’t like them, you don’t implement them.

In 2016, you were enthusiastic about judges and prosecutors having the highest possible salary, because you designed the justice reform as a whip against the opposition. But as soon as prosecutors and judges knocked on your door, first at Belinda’s and, very likely, very soon at yours too, you said: Wait! How did I make the mistake of treating them to a higher salary than my own?

How can it be that judges and prosecutors, whose salaries you generously increased significantly in 2016, dare to knock on Parliament’s door without my permission to request the removal of the mandate of my deputy? How is it possible that judges and prosecutors suspend my deputy? I hold your salaries in my hands! I raised them, I lowered them!

Back then you were very enthusiastic, because you thought you were carrying out the justice reform only to strike at the opposition. You did not think you would be unable to control it, because for you it is unimaginable not to control everything.

You are used to controlling every tender in the Republic of Albania. You spoke of state-building! With whom will you build the state? With Ron Yeffet, who speaks on behalf of the entire state, even though he is an anonymous foreign national? The only connection is that he shares the money with you.