Berisha: Venice has never issued any judgment regarding a minister! Rama openly declared that he and the executive are above the law

Opposition leader Sali Berisha, in a statement to the media, said that Edi Rama has deliberately distorted the positions of the Venice Commission in order to justify political protection for Minister Belinda Balluku.

Berisha emphasized that the Venice Commission “has never issued a judgment regarding any minister,” while Rama is now claiming that the executive branch stands above the law. The opposition leader warned that this rhetoric poses a serious threat to the rule of law and to the separation of powers in the country.

Excerpts from his statement:

The subordination of the executive.

Of course, we are all under the law. Isn’t that the point? Without question, we are all under the law, and from antiquity until today, societies have entrusted judges and prosecutors with the authority to determine whether the law has been upheld or violated. This reveals his psychological makeup. He claims to be above the law. What does that mean? It means that, for the executive branch, the law does not exist. He continues from extreme left-wing positions. A threat to the inviolability of the democratic will. The democratic will is not threatened by those who defend and uphold the law, but by those who steal public assets in violation of the law and the Constitution.

Who threatens the democratic will? He speaks of a threat to inviolability. But wasn’t Koço Kokëdhima removed from parliament because he had received funds from Abissnet? Read what the European Court of Human Rights says. Wasn’t Koço Kokëdhima in parliament as a representative of the democratic will of the voters? Is there a more blatant fraudster than the person making this claim?

A threat to the inviolability of the will.

So, throwing someone out of parliament and tearing up their mandate is supposedly normal, but suspending someone while allowing them to keep their mandate is now considered an attack on inviolability, because apparently those of us who are elected are born “unsuspendable.” What is this? She is a minister. It is a public position. She can be suspended. Edi Rama portrays his pressure on the Constitutional Court as an act against the separation of powers. But from the moment the justice system was created, it has existed to oversee the branches of government and ensure the application of the law.

If Edi Rama truly believes in the separation of powers, if he believes that the judiciary is unable or unauthorized to judge, decide, or sanction members of other branches when they break the law, then what remains? Do you understand how dangerous this man is?

Against the standards of the Venice Commission.

Once again, the Venice Commission has issued no judgment, no assessment regarding any minister, from the founding of this esteemed body until today. Why? Because no minister lacking shame, once caught stealing and accused by the justice system, has ever gone to Venice seeking protection. No one has ever done that.

Yes, the Venice Commission has assessments regarding the suspension provision, specifically Article 117 of Kosovo’s Code of Criminal Procedure. It finds it fully consistent with the European Convention on Human Rights and with Kosovo’s Constitution, but it emphasizes that proportionality must be maintained and that there must be a legal basis. In other words, it sets conditions that, in Balluku’s case, are not just met but overwhelmingly fulfilled. Therefore, Venice does not state in any of its opinions that the suspension of a public official has nothing to do with a minister. In none of them.

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