THE ALBANIAN PUBLIC'S TRUST IN SECURITY: STUMBLING BLOCKS TO EU NEGOTIATIONS Contents Table of Contents 3 Introductory Note 4 Contents 6 Table of abbreviations 8 1. Introduction 9 2. The Current Constitutional and Political Setting 10 3. The Control and Supervisory Bodies 12 3.1. Executive 12 Table 1: Executive institutions with responsibilities over the security sector 13 3.2. Legislative 13 3.3. Independent Oversight Institutions 13 Table 2: Permanent commissions with control and oversight responsibilities 14 3.4. Judiciary 15 3.5. The Institutions created by the Justice Reform 15 Graph 1: Results on the trust on judiciary institutions 16 Graph 2: Results on the perception of the strengthening of the fight against corruption/organized crime after the establishment of SPO 16 1. Control and Oversight of the Armed Forces 18 1.1. Background 18 1.2. Executive Control and Oversight 18 1.3. Parliamentary Control and Oversight 21 1.4. Oversight from Independent Institutions 21 1.4.1. The Ombudsperson 21 1.4.2. Supreme State Audit Institution 22 1.5. Control and Oversight from the Judiciary System 22 1.6. Control and Oversight from the Institution Created by the Justice Reform 22 2. Control and Oversight of the State Police 23 2.1. Background 23 2.2. Executive Control and Oversight 23 Table 3: Division of Labor for the Executive Control of State Police 24 Graph 3. Results on the perception of the expectation of the improvement of the security through the increase of police presence 25 6