At a time when foreign embassies in our country are demanding a swift and unhindered investigation of corruption cases, referring to the 'Balluku' case, comes the reaction from Prime Minister Edi Rama, who offered political protection to Belinda Balluku. In a reaction on X, the head of the Albanian government thanked the embassies for the reaction, while not leaving the opposition protest without irony, describing it as a 'Molotov cocktail association'.

The German Embassy emphasized today that the prosecution of high-level corruption must be implemented quickly and without obstacles, recalling that these are conditions for the EU membership process.

"A necessary condition for making progress in this merit-based process is the effective prosecution of corruption even in high-ranking cases. Our clear expectation is that even in these cases, criminal prosecution through justice can be carried out quickly and without obstacles. Albanian politics continues to be required to guarantee this process," the statement says. Meanwhile, Rama in his reaction adds that Balluku is not accused of corruption. We recall that today, with the strength of the PS, which has a majority in the Assembly, SPAK's request for issuing an authorization for the arrest of Belinda Balluku was rejected. Meanwhile, outside the Assembly hall, the opposition protested.

RAME'S DECLARATION
I welcome the statements of the embassies of the United Kingdom and Germany, with the principles expressed in which we all very much agree, 100%.

But given that both came out today, when the Parliament rightly refused to remove the freedom of a deputy in the complete absence of conditions to take such an extreme step, and, at the same time, given that the Tirana Molotov Association has also begun to speak on behalf of Germany, I take this opportunity to emphasize:

• This governing majority has a divided mind and an unwavering compass: Albania 2030 in the European Union🇦🇱🦅🇪🇺

• Justice reform is not being reversed, the independence of the judiciary is not affected, and support for SPAK remains unwavering.

• The real fight against corruption continues, more persistent than ever, as the updated objective overview of the European Commission clearly shows.

• Belinda Balluku is not accused of corruption and the investigation into the case should continue, undisturbed by either obstruction or the interference of SPAK, by factors outside the boundaries of independent judicial power.

• The ruling majority did today without any discussion what any democratic parliament in Europe would do, where passing the prosecutor's requests not for the arrest without trial of a deputy, but for whether or not to start investigations, is nowhere like passing without any kind of border control in the Schengen area. It is a serious process, based on constitutional and legal norms, which are neither carte blanche nor closed doors for the prosecutor's office.

Today we have fully respected those norms and whoever claims the opposite has their indisputable right, but there are not enough arguments to win the debate on the existence or not of the border between independent constitutional powers, which the Albanian parliament closed today by showing that the dignity of parliamentarians is not material for socio-political experiments, which make the cure more dangerous than the disease that must be fought!

Let's move forward, Albania has no plan B🇦🇱❤️🇪🇺

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