After Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, the most important case of suspension by court decision remains that of the former Director General of the State Police, Haki Çako. The event dates back to June 2016 and is related to the issue of the IMSI Catcher eavesdropping device, for which Çako was accused of having been used illegally. The decision to suspend him was given by the Court of Tirana, following investigations carried out by the capital's Prosecutor's Office, at a time when the special investigation structure did not yet exist.
The case immediately created a political storm. The then Interior Minister, Saimir Tahiri, publicly attacked the judge who made the decision, accusing him of corruption. But just a few weeks later, the Court of Appeal overturned the suspension and reinstated Çako. The episode turned into a broad institutional debate on the limits of political interference and the functioning of justice.
Ironically, a few years later, the same minister who defended Çako would end up being convicted by a final decision for abuse of office — a development that illustrates once again the fragile relationship of Albanian politics with the law and the challenges that judicial reform has brought.
