It has been more than 24 hours since the strong accusations coming from the former Minister of Justice Ylli Manjani. The echo of his message is felt only in the press, public debates, or social media.
The Albanian government and Prime Minister Edi Rama have been silent while they appear on TV as if nothing has happened. A day ago, while still in his duty as Minister of Justice, in an unprecedented scene, Ylli Manjani had accused the government and its officials directly, accusations that were passed over in silence, as if they had come from a local newspaper or an anonymous citizen.
Great attention was given to his remark about the “ministers’ lovers,” but in reality the facts he gave about the way in the Council of Ministers functions are rather serious. Here they are:
- The Prime Minister Rama signs government decisions that weren’t taken. What does this mean? Can this accusation be left without a response? If this has really happened, it is a major violation of the Constitution, which is regularly punished with heavy penalties.
- Have foreign services really asked from the Prime Minister Rama to discharge the Minister of Interior? If not, Rama owes us an explanation why an accusation like this comes directly from a member of the cabinet.
- Has there been pressure exerted on judges to make certain verdicts? “The pie of corruption is cut by the government, while the courts share the tip. When the government cuts a big slice of the pie, the tip will be big too,” former minister Manjani declared. Prime Minister Rama owes us an explanation regarding this as well.
The public is not very interested about who deals with public relations on the government level, or who gives the right to ministers to appear on TV. This is a huge luxury compared to the conditions in Albania, but don’t the voters, those who may or may have not voted Edi Rama, have the right to an explanation if any of these accusations are real?
Are the accusations made by the former Minister of Justice legitimate?
If you claim that media is a “garbage can,” you really can’t address a former colleague with the sentence “take a medical leave,” if his declarations are not what you expect of him.
The government is not acting seriously and it owes us all some explanations. They cannot do this through some faithful buffoons posting on Facebook; we need some official declarations from the Albanian government. Because the accusations were straightforward and clear.
