High Court to skip Rama’s roundtable on salaries, Sadushi: ‘The matter is before the Constitutional Court’

The High Court will not be represented at the roundtable called for tomorrow by Prime Minister Edi Rama, where the new salary scheme for magistrates is expected to be discussed.

In a reply addressed to the Prime Minister’s Office, High Court chief Sokol Sadushi argues that discussion of salaries is out of place at this moment, as the new law on magistrates’ salaries is already under review at the Constitutional Court.

Sadushi says he remains open to institutional dialogue, but emphasizes that for a constitutional matter currently under adjudication, decision-making belongs to the Constitutional Court.

“For a constitutional matter already submitted for adjudication, the word belongs to the Constitutional Court. Consequently, dialogue on this object can be substantial and effective once it has expressed itself,” his reply states.

According to Sadushi, participation in a roundtable with the same object, under the current conditions, would only serve to repeat the institutional position of the High Court.