The High Judicial Council reacted a few days ago regarding the attacks that Prime Minister Edi Rama has made against judges.
After a long silence, what is considered the "judicial government" made a dry reaction, in which it did not even dare to mention the prime minister's name, but said that what it had written was triggered by recent statements made "by public or private entities."
And by "public and private entities" in this case it refers to the prime minister and the leader of the opposition. Not forgetting the minister of justice. The only high-ranking officials who have so far attacked the judiciary from political positions.
Apparently a lukewarm reaction, bordering on the ridiculous. At first glance, it resembles a fear that the High Judicial Council has of politics, or more precisely of the prime minister. But, as often happens in Albania, what seems like a major principled difficulty is essentially a banal event for petty interests.
VNA read an official letter from the Albanian Parliament, where the wife of Ilir Rusi, the president of the Supreme Court of Albania, Kesiana Rusi, holds the position of "legal advisor in the Service for Monitoring Institutions that Report and Inform the Parliament."
In other words, within the Rusi family of lawyers, we have the husband who "governs" the judiciary and the wife who monitors the justice institutions. With the only difference being that the latter is elected to office with the signature of Elisa Spiropali, while Ilir Rusi must be someone who has no ties to politics.
At first glance and in the first interpretation of the law, nothing prevents the Russian's wife from developing her career. But on the other hand, it is precisely her rise to one of the country's main institutions, such as the Parliament, that seems to prevent her husband from opposing the prime minister's accusations, as this institution should do.
The Supreme Court should normally condemn the unprecedented attacks that Edi Rama and Sali Berisha are making on judges. Perhaps it would be better to remain silent than to react in such a ridiculous way. In a small country like Albania, of course the careers of lawyer spouses can merge somewhere. But the conflict of interest and political appointments are undoubtedly a threat to thinking as a free person. As a professional, it seems that Mr. Rusi has not thought at any time about leading the Supreme Court.
