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Judges' request for salary increase/ Rama: Great surprise, they are asking for salaries in the stratosphere

2026-02-02 08:31:00, Aktualitet CNA

Judges' request for salary increase/ Rama: Great surprise, they are asking

Prime Minister Edi Rama spoke in a live broadcast about judges' demands for salary increases.

According to Rama, in Albania, judges' salaries today are the same as judges' salaries in Greece and twice as high as in North Macedonia and Montenegro.

He stressed that SPAK has not joined the demand of judges who want stratospheric salary increases. Among other things, he emphasizes that he hopes that the Constitutional Court will not leave this shameful stain on society and use it for other remedies.

"If others are and it's not us who are voted for or others are in other jobs where they perform, the judges are the ones who

In 2016, where we chose a reference system that was based on giving judges higher salaries and in this way we elevated them above the president, deputies and everyone else to give a strong signal of the will to have not only an independent judiciary but also for judges to be supported by having super salaries, this means we will do it forever.

What the judges are demanding is an increase of around 1,800 euros for first instance judges, a 2,000-euro increase for appeal judges, a 3,000-euro increase for SPAK, BKH judges, etc.

SPAK has not joined this absurd initiative and deserves respect. Judges want to impose themselves on the parliament, the government, the other two branches of government and want to receive salaries according to their own opinion. While another says why don't you consider that we also make money.

We earn and bring money to the state budget, from that money he says our salary should be increased. This is a big surprise. To show that the difference of 37 million euros plus in salaries is covered by what we return to the state budget. It is not a harm, he says.

According to this gentleman, why shouldn't taxpayers who bring a lot of income to the budget have higher salaries than others, why shouldn't the police take all the fines for themselves, what about teachers who don't bring direct income to the budget, what about pensioners? You want 37 million to push salaries into the stratosphere while there are plenty of other people here who contribute who don't generate income from fines but produce other things for the good of society, how will their salaries increase?

"I hope that the Constitutional Court does not leave this great stain of shame on society and does not make us resort to other remedies," Rama said./ CNA





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