Press release by Mr. Bledi Çuçi, Minister of State for Local Affairs and National Coordinator in the Fight against Corruption:

While Albania is now a candidate country for the EU and the whole society and international partners look forward to concrete results for radical improvements in the justice system, yesterday the effort of the Minister of Justice to fight corruption was smacked down once again by the High Council of Justice.

The government and the Prime Minister fully support the statement by the Minister of Justice and any action he will take to definitively defeat corruption in the judiciary.

At the same time, the Albanian Government joins the appeal of Minister Nasip Naço to the Albanian Parliament and MPs to take a decision on their representatives in the High Council of Justice in the aftermath of the unprecedented decision taken yesterday at the meeting of the High Council of Justice.

Thank you!