How corrupt do you think the Office of the Prosecutor General is? 80 70 66.91 60 57.9 50 40 30 20 10 0 A lot 29.1 17.94 Somewhat 9.33 9.4 A little 3.86 2.8 Not at all 1.97 0.8 Don’t know 2019 2020 Graph 6: Perception of corruption in the Office of the Prosecutor General. Besides corruption, respondents believe that security institutions are highly politicized. This also measures the public’s opinion on the political independence of security institutions. As in the case of corruption, it seems that the perception is that citizens are discriminated against based on political affiliation and their willingness to bribe public officials. 14F 10 As it is demonstrated by Security Barometer, there is a widespread perception among Albanian citizens that security institutions do not treat them equally. Surely, this is not just an Albanian phenomenon. 3.2 RULE OF LAW INDEX The World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2020 is the latest report in an annual series measuring the rule of law based on the experiences and perceptions of the general public and in-country legal practitioners and experts worldwide. It presents a portrait of the rule of law in 128 countries and jurisdictions by providing scores and rankings based on eight factors: constraints on government powers, absence of corruption, open government, fundamental rights, order and security, regulatory enforcement, civil justice, and criminal 10 The barometer shows that citizens are generally divided between those who think the military is very or somewhat independent of political influence, at 43%, and those who think that this institution is slightly or not at all independent, at 54.4%[...]. State Police are perceived by more people to be under the influence of politics, as more than two-thirds, 66.8%, think that this institution is a little or not at all independent from political influence[…]. Some 60% think that SHISH is a little or not at all independent from political influence […]. Customs remains the institution that is perceived as little or not at all independent of the political influence by the largest share of citizens, 70.2%, compared to other executive institutions[…]. Even regarding the independence of justice institutions from political influence, a large percentage of citizens, over two-thirds, think that these institutions are only a little or not at all independent. See Arjan Dyrmishi,“Albanian Security Barometer National Survey 2020”, 69–70. 15