Tragedy in Durrës/Balla: Laws are not enough, immediate change of the Criminal Code is needed

2026-05-04 18:29:00, Aktualitet CNA

Tragedy in Durrës/Balla: Laws are not enough, immediate change of the

The Chairman of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group, Taulant Balla, emphasized that the tragic event in Durrës requires immediate reflection from all political parties, without ideological differences.

He argued that the current implementation of laws is not sufficient to prevent such cases, citing as an example the fact that measures such as the removal of points on licenses are not proportional to the serious consequences that can occur.

According to him, Albania must react quickly and adapt legislation to deal more severely with these cases.

"Following what colleague Braçe said and fully supporting the need we all have to reflect without any distinction of left, right, socialist, democrat, yesterday's event is an event that requires us here to begin to understand how our laws are implemented.

The example that Mr. Braçe gave is meaningful: if we as the Assembly will be satisfied with removing points from the license, such an event, this is difficult for us. And therefore, I was also discussing with the chairman of the Laws Committee, in the conditions that we are close to a phase of reviewing the Criminal Code, the USA, I don't know about the others, but the US Supreme Court has established the concept of murder in the conditions of excessive self-confidence. And as a concept in cases of these. But Mr. Manja also explained to me other such cases, in Germany or other countries, so I think, colleagues, that our response in this case should be immediate, as soon as we have the opportunity to change the code.

And I also have a call for the State Police, which must analyze this case very carefully. These neighborhood strongmen, they should all be made an example of. These neighborhood strongmen should be checked breakfast, lunch, dinner and these neighborhood strongmen do not have to have a license at all.

"These, these, every reason must be found to prevent them, in my opinion, with the right to speak, with the right to speak that the Constitution gives me, Mr. Berisha. Now, I believe you also agree that these strong people should, should be made an example of by the State Police in every community," Balla declared, among other things./ CNA