The facade that fell with a bullet, the demand that refutes Rama's propaganda for order and security

Why live in Albania, where bullets reach the courtroom, where it is assumed that every person "breathes freely" without fear of death because they are in the highest institutions of justice and protection is primary?

After the murder in the courtroom of Tirana Court of Appeals judge Astrit Kalaja, the government's frightening propaganda about justice and security in the country has collapsed.

The High Judicial Council informed yesterday (November 7) that in all courts of the Republic of Albania, the State Police currently provides its service with only one employee at the main entrance where the parties and the public move.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Albana Koçiu, who reacted to the shocking event, said that according to the law, they have no responsibility for controlling entry and exit and security within court buildings.

 "The State Police forces - which must be clarified to the public that, according to the law, they have no responsibility for controlling entry and exit and security within court buildings - immediately intervened at the scene.

"The perpetrator was immediately arrested and we have engaged the best experts to examine, in cooperation with prosecutors, the fulfillment of legal duties by the court security officers," said Rama's minister.

However, the Supreme Court has exposed this facade that is only taking the lives of Albanian citizens, as it states that it has written two letters to the State Police and the Ministry of Interior to increase the number of police officers in courtrooms.

The Supreme Court has also announced a government decision from 2010, at a time when the executive was led by Sali Berisha.

The Council of Ministers at that time decided that all courts in the country would be guarded by police forces to guarantee order and peace within the courtrooms.

Meanwhile, after the changes to this decision, the Supreme Court raised the alarm about the lack of security in the courts, and in 2023 sent an official letter to the Police, stating that placing only one police officer at the outer door of the court serves no purpose.

"Based on the information received from the courts, the High Judicial Council informs that in all courts of the Republic of Albania, the State Police provides its service with only one employee, who currently stands at one of the court entrances, the one where the public and parties to the proceedings enter and exit. This employee does not provide any service in the internal premises of the court and even less in the halls where judicial proceedings take place."

Meanwhile, the State Police's response was blunt: we don't have police officers to guard you.

"Currently, it is impossible for us to increase and plan the number of police officers to secure the internal premises of the courts and during court hearings, due to the limited number of police personnel to secure these facilities."

The murder of Judge Astrit Kalaja was not simply a serious criminal act. It was a painful call that slapped the reality stripped of propaganda in the face: justice in Albania is no longer safe even for those who administer it.

In a country where the facade of security is maintained with statements and not actions, bullets reach the courtroom where law, not fear, should rule.