Etilda Gjonaj has completed her duty as Minister of Justice, a duty passed to Ulsi Manja, following the new cabinet of Prime Minister Edi Rama. 

Gjonaj says that she will continue to work with the same desire and dedication in the new role that Rama assigned to the Socialist Party (SP). 

She states that she is aware of the shortcomings she had in 4 years, but assures everyone that what she had done was all she could do. Gjonaj expresses her gratitude to Rama for entrusting her with the important task in one of the most transformative and significant periods of the Albanian justice system.

"On the day of the end of my term as Minister of Justice, I feel the desire and obligation to express through this message the deep gratitude to all collaborators, supporters, or even true critics who stood by this beautiful and challenging journey at the helm of the Ministry of Justice. 

It has been as much a privilege for me but also a responsibility to serve in this senior position for a full 4-year term, especially at a historic moment like this when the Justice Reform was being implemented, which is oxygenating the present and the common future. 

That is why, during these four years, we have fought battle after battle to turn this great project into a tangible reality, where a series of results today are real evidence of our efforts to establish a new justice system, a system independent, uncorrupted, impartial, accountable and efficient. 

We have tried to do a lot, especially to lay the foundations of the new justice system through the complete completion of the legal framework of justice reform, the establishment of new institutions through the support of human, budgetary and infrastructural resources. I am confident that what we will see ahead will be impressive to all generations as the foundations we have laid have been strong enough to withstand any oscillations often attempted by hopeless arsonists who would like to see justice turned back", stated Gjonaj.