Where was the reform in the justice system?
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Vetting in the justice system, the Law on the Prosecutorial Council and the Bureau for the Verification and Confiscation of Unjustified Assets...

These were the key interventions that the government had foreseen in order to reform justice, but it was never realized.

The Ministry of Justice had worked on the drafting of these three draft laws, but they were overturned by the Constitutional Court and changes were requested by the Venice Commission.

From the civil society, they estimate that none of the essential reforms in justice will be able to be realized during this government's mandate, which ends at the beginning of next year.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice, Albulena Haxhiu, speaking to KosovaPress, says that the reform in justice has not been implemented as a result of "delays by the opposition and the Constitutional Court".

On the other hand, the Democratic League of Kosovo considers that the government is not interested in this reform.

And civil society does not expect fundamental reforms in the justice system.

Gëzim Shala from the Kosovo Institute for Justice (IKD) says that there is no hope that the vetting process can be completed in this mandate.

Meanwhile, the researcher of the "FOL" Movement, Viona Bunjaku, says that the drafters of the laws themselves were wrong in the first steps to implement this project.

On the other hand, the deputy of the Vetëvendosje Movement, Adnan Rrustemi, expresses his conviction that this month the Law on the Bureau for the Verification and Confiscation of Unjustified Assets will receive the support of the deputies of the Kosovo Assembly.

The process of Vetting - the preparation of the legal basis, the Kosovar executive started in October 2021, where the concept document for Vetting in justice was approved.

Then, for this concept document, the opinion of the Venice Commission was also requested, which initially recommended the verification of high levels in the judiciary and the prosecution.

Then, constitutional amendments were drawn up by 40 members of the Assembly of Kosovo, which the Speaker of the Assembly, Glauk Konjufca, at the beginning of March last year, sent for evaluation to the Constitutional Court.

At the end of December 2023, the Constitutional Court made way for Vetting in the justice system.

The Law on the Prosecution Council of Kosovo, which was overturned by the Constitutional Court, was also confronted with the evaluation for constitutionality. He was re-sent to the Assembly of Kosovo and voted, then the opposition again sent him to the Constituent Assembly.

With the Constitutional Court, the opposition also confronted the Law on the Bureau for the Verification and Confiscation of Unjustifiable Assets, which currently, after the changes made by the Minister of Justice, which were foreseen in the Constitutional Act, has already been processed for voting in the Assembly of Kosovo.

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