Journalist Klodiana Lala has commented on the appointment of the new director of the State Police, Skënder Hita, emphasizing that he has long been the most talked about name for this position.
According to her, Hita will need a period of 1 to 3 months to understand the real situation in the institution and the challenges inherited from his predecessor, Ilir Proda.
Invited to the show "This Week", Lala said that the State Police has been under great pressure, citing undeserved promotions and a climate of fear within the ranks of the officers.
She emphasized that the new director must build a reliable team for key sectors, such as operations and cybercrime, while another challenge remains guaranteeing fair and legal processes, as according to her, the competitions have often been fictitious.
The journalist also called for the depoliticization of the police and increased work standards, suggesting equipping officers with body cameras and creating special structures to avoid exposing operations.
" I said it earlier, it seems he was referring to it and 'it takes 1-3 months to see how the last few months are going. His predecessor was Mr. Proda. I have spoken about this character, he is gone. The police were under extraordinary pressure. There were promotions in the sources, because Mr. Skënder Hita was the most potential name to be elected director of the State Police. Mr. Hita wanted to bring the undeserving, he was afraid of the police. They were afraid to have a friendly coffee with someone. He will have to find trusted names to run a number of sectors. Operational, cybercrime.
Mr. Hita must receive legal guarantees, since the competitions are fictitious. He will have to make a police officer away from politics. He needs legal guarantees. Real competitions must be held, not fictitious ones, to make legal changes. Police officers must be given authority, not to behave like street thugs. They will have to be equipped with body cameras, they will have to have a special structure for them, since there have been reports from the prosecution that many operations have been debunked. There are many challenges ahead. He will have to receive legal guarantees and be presented by officials with integrity, even in confrontations with the media. Ilir Proda criminalized the police , "said Lala.
