The head of the Democratic Party Parliamentary Group, Gazment Bardhi, has reacted after the European Commission's report on Albania, accusing SPAK of applying double standards in the case against Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku.

In a statement to the media, Bardhi focused on the part of the EC report that raises concerns about the Assembly's rejection of SPAK's request to lift the immunity of a female MP, linking it to the principles of checks and balances, as well as equality before the law. According to Bardhi, while the European Commission has raised concerns about the non-prosecution of Balluk, "the only ones who do not show concern are SPAK prosecutors."

The head of the DP parliamentary group claims that the Special Prosecution Office is applying double standards to Belinda Balluku, since, according to him, despite the fact that SPAK has made public the aggravation of her criminal position with suspicions of passive corruption and money laundering, it is not requesting a change in the security measure. The case against Balluku continues to be at the center of political debate, while the opposition has repeatedly requested that full criminal proceedings against her be allowed.

REACTION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DP PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, GAZMENT BARDHI
The European Commission, in the report published yesterday, clearly states that: “The refusal by the Parliament to lift the immunity of a female Member of Parliament has raised concerns regarding the principles of checks and balances and equality before the law. In March 2026, the Parliament rejected a request by SPAK to lift the immunity of a female Member of Parliament on allegations of violations of equality in tenders. This refusal raised concerns regarding the principles of checks and balances and equality before the law.”

But, while the European Commission expresses concern about the non-permission of the arrest, underlining the violation of the principle of equality before the law, the only ones who do not show concern are the SPAK prosecutors, who are becoming part of the cementing of impunity in this case. SPAK, for several weeks, has been applying two standards for Belinda Balluku. Although SPAK itself has made it public that her criminal position has been aggravated by suspicions of passive corruption and money laundering, it is not applying the standard that it itself declared six months ago, according to which, when the criminal position is aggravated, the security measure is also aggravated.

SPAK has only one way to avoid becoming part of the impunity that Brussels denounces in the Balluku case: to implement the law, to apply the standard that it itself set six months ago, to address the Assembly without delay with the request to lift the immunity and arrest Belinda Balluku.