The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has stated that the movements to change the law on Specialized Chambers are urgent and not well analyzed.
In the extraordinary session of the Assembly on Monday, Kurti raised doubts about the benefits of this law, while emphasizing that the Kosovo Liberation Army cannot have a trial.
Kurti recalled that even the creation of the Specialized Chambers was opposed by the Vetëvendosje Movement at the time when it was voted in the Assembly, while emphasizing that today this party is supporting the proceeding of the draft law.
“There can be no law for the KLA, honorable members of parliament, it was a very short time to properly analyze the law. Even more so when we still do not have that judgment in its new form. We consider that these movements to change the law for the Special Court are urgent and have not been analyzed and thought through enough. Urgent actions were also taken in 2013 and then in 2015, when the creation was voted of this court, namely the Specialized Chambers. At least you should have consulted us today and given us the necessary time to deal with the case much more seriously. The anger of the citizens towards the court was present even in 2015, but then this anger was not taken into account by the deputies in the Assembly. Therefore, complaints about the court should be addressed to those who oppose it. The responsibility rests with those who founded it. We opposed the Special Court from the beginning, but then we did not have your support, while we are supporting you today,” he said.
Kurti said that the Government is supporting the draft law in the first reading, but this does not mean that it is convinced of its effects.
According to Kurt, “the address of victory is the appeal”, while for such a process, according to him, organization and strategy are needed. He emphasized that this strategy should not be party or just governmental, but state and national, Kosova Press reports.
“We supported you, with the resolution, in the Assembly. We also supported you by correctly proceeding the law from the Government to the Assembly. Today we are also supporting you with the vote now in the first reading. So, whenever it comes to issues that affect the common interest of the country, we have been right, but we have also shown that we know how to act beyond political differences. We are not convinced of the usefulness of this law, we know that you believe in it and we want to believe You also told us that this bill is supported by the defense teams… You are telling the citizens that this is the case, but we will not act. You must consider not only the reason that leads you to vote today, but also the consequences that this vote may produce. It is not enough to react to an injustice, but we must make sure that Let’s correct a mistake, let’s not make another one. The victory is the result. Organization and strategy are necessary. The organization does not help, without a strategy and a strategy.
The Prime Minister stated that support for the draft law must be accompanied by institutional functionality in Kosovo. He requested that after the election of the president of Kosovo, they sit down together to draft a state and national strategy for the issue of Specialized Chambers.
He warned that, according to him, a law on The Hague without institutional stability, without a president of Kosovo and in the conditions of repeated elections, risks not achieving its intended purpose.
“We are supporting this draft law so that, immediately after the election of the president, we can sit together for a state and national strategy to make us winners. In order to have a stable strategy for the unjust situation in The Hague, we must have a very stable and fully functional state in Kosovo. We need a law for the court in The Hague, but we also need a president for Kosovo. One without the other is very harmful. We cannot pretend that we are protecting the interest in The Hague, while allowing vacuum and uncertainty institutional in Kosovo. We need a serious strategy for The Hague, but to implement that strategy we need functional institutions and a president that guarantees constitutional continuity and a stable government. A law for The Hague without institutional stability, and without a president of Kosovo, risks ending in failure”, emphasized Kurti.
