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British Helsinki Human Rights Watch report on "judicial reform" in October 1997. The "experts" of the time were: * Fatmir Xhafa (Secretary General of CM) * Ardian Dvorani (Director of codification in the Ministry of Internal Affairs) Read also: Thursday horoscope, find out the star forecast for your sign Photo/ Manaj and Ernest Muçi are selected in the lineup of the week in the Turkish Super League This evil justice that is being "reformed" today is a product of the "socialist reform" Xhafaj-Dvorani, carried out in 1997. …………. "Judicial independence faces its first challenges! * The judicial system in Albania has attracted considerable attention from the Albanian socialist government since its election in June.
Much of this "judicial Cambodia WhatsApp Number Data reform" should, however, be a matter of concern to international observers. The Minister of Justice, Thimio Kondi, announced shortly after taking office at the end of July, that all courts in Albania would be closed for a month and that all ongoing trials would be suspended for that period. Kondi ordered all judges to take a month's "vacation". Opposition parties at the time criticized this order as a flagrant violation of the independence of the judiciary from the executive. During this "vacation" period, Kondi initiated mass dismissals in the Ministry of Justice, demanding on August 5, in violation of the civil service law, that all directors submit their resignations.

In addition, about thirty prosecutors were fired, including the Chief Prosecutor of Tirana and his deputy. Opposition parties have charged that the courts have been closed while dismissals have been carried out in the justice system to prevent those who have been fired from taking legal action. The most serious action regarding the judiciary was the August 27, 1997 amendment to the Law on the Supreme Council of Justice. As a body that appoints or dismisses judges and prosecutors, the High Council of Justice is a particularly powerful and sensitive matter. During the previous government, nine council members out of 13 members (70 percent) were elected by their fellow judges and prosecutors through secret ballot.
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