uL stration laws dealing with state administration in Albania commission.59 For instance, Mr. Bezhani proposed, as it is said in a letter sent to the Presidency by him, the changing of law in terms of structure and competences of the Commission.60 But his legal initiative was never considered by the Parliament of Albania. While, as we have mentioned, the reason why law nr. 10034, dated 22.12.2008 did not achieve its purpose was the abolition, in 2010, by the Constitutional Court with the argument that the law had serious constitutional problems. But, imprimis this law was suspended by this court just 2 months after it comes into force. Thus, as foreseen in article 43,44 of the law, Ex-State Security Files Information Authority, law enforcement responsible authority, could not ask for, or, to administer ex-state security files from other institutions “… within 3 months after the law enforcement Internal Ministry, Defense Ministry, and State Information Service must transmit in the administration of the Authority all ex-security files kept by them. ...”61 Indeed, the reasons why constitutional court abolished this law are not the focus of this paper, but there are a lot of documents explaining why, i.e., constitutional court decision itself, and many articles supra. By reviewing these documents, we can conclude all of these reasons are behind how the law was designed, i.e., serious constitutional problems, disrespect of international standards on lustration, i.e., Council of Europe Resolute 1096(1996), and so further. Whereas law nr. 45 / 2015, dated 30.04.2015 “On the right to information on the documents of the ex-state security directorate of state security directorate of the People’s Socialist Republic of Albania” was ranked by us as partially achieved its purpose because differently from two first laws is taking place as well as foreseen a minimalist not compulsory lustration mechanism. So constitutional institutions and public authorities are morally but not legally obliged to do such requests under this law. The level of using this minimalist not compulsory lustration mechanism depends on professionalism, personality, impartiality, independence of heads of constitutional institutions and public authorities; political interferences, or, who is the individual under the process of hiring or promoting. 59. Letter nr. 125, dated 31/12/1997. 60. Ibid. 61. Article 44. 91

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