
While speaking about the Belinda Balluku case, Prime Minister Edi Rama raised concern about the high number of people in detention in Albania, stating that the country has twice the number of detainees compared to Russia.
During his speech, Rama emphasized that investigations and trials must be independent, but called for more balance between justice and individual freedoms, recalling that every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty by the court.
He also announced that the new package on this issue is in the consultation process.
"We have twice the number of pre-trial detainees compared to Russia. We are not barbarians, we are definitely for independent investigations and trials, but there are also some balances and freedoms of people. We are not in the Middle Ages when the crowd demands blood. Because tomorrow it will come to the next and the next and the law has nothing to do with high figures, nor with the acts related to SPAK, but it has to do with many sons of bitches who are innocent until the moment they are tried. To stay in prison? But why?. We also keep foreign tourists in prison without trial, scoundrels who we catch with hashish and wait for them to be tried. The new package is under consultation", said Rama.