The Socialist majority has opposed SPAK's request to lift the immunity of Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, arguing that such a measure is not necessary at this stage of the investigations.

Ulsi Manja, at the meeting of the SP parliamentary group, declared that the parliamentary majority will recommend to the plenary session the rejection of the Special Prosecution's request, emphasizing that the investigations can continue even without lifting immunity and that the matter now belongs to justice.

He added that the Balluku case is now a matter for justice, however, he accused SPAK of acting with double standards since in other cases, investigations into the criminal offense of violating equality in tenders were conducted without any personal security measures.

Ulsi Manja: In support of Article 73 of the Constitution, 260,288 and 289 of the Criminal Procedure, we as members of the parliamentary majority in the Council for Mandates recommend to the plenary session the rejection of SPAK's request for granting authorization to lift Balluk's immunity. It does not appear that there is a necessity to take such a measure. The recommendation does not prevent SPAK from continuing the investigations, there is a personal security measure, preventing him from leaving the country, which allows the continuation of the criminal proceedings. And we consider this an issue that already belongs to justice, but personal security measures are not related to the existence or not of the criminal offense. Let's wait for the conclusion of the investigations. It is not in vain that I left it at the end, I want to bring to the attention of the group that from the annual reports of the justice institutions, SPAK, it is clearly evident that for the criminal offense of violating equality in tenders there is a consolidated practice of investigation without personal security measures. It has to do with the standards of investigation for this criminal offense.