Head of the EU Office to Kosovo Naliya Apostolova, said Kosovo should consider review of the Justice Sector a priority, to proceed further with the agenda of European reforms, amendment of the criminal code, code for criminal procedure. Law on prevention of conflict of interest as well as concept document for suspension of senior officials who are indicted.
Apostolova said that it is time to do something on this direction and that she considers endorsement of this concept document to be special.
The U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo, Gred Delawie, said that time has come for Kosovo to approve the law on disciplinary prosecutor, as this would help to have people with integrity at the justice system and it would empower war against corruption and organized crime.
They made these comments at the forum organized by the Ministry for Integration, where Kosovo’s Minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri was also participating.
He said that review of functional justice system will be the focus of 2018 and added that they are in the process of finalizing the criminal code and that they are working on drafting the code of criminal procedure.
