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Improvisations (Koha Ditore)

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Lumir Abdixhiku, recalls in his regular column in this daily statements of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, on visa liberalization. The first and famous one was made in 2012, when the PM stated that liberalization of visas would happen in 15 months. He even stated at a press conference that he had regular official contacts and that this information came from his personal connections in Brussels. In reality anyone who had even the slightest knowledge on the process knew that this was only an election promise, and that liberalization is not a present but a triumph, a conclusion of a road full of evidence on success. Most of this evidence concerned arresting and detention of Prime Minister’s closest collaborators, says Abdixhiku.
After about 15 months, he recalls, the Prime Minster stating in one of his addresses to the cabinet that “2012 is the year of the process of visa liberalization,” end by the end of 2012, at another appearance, he stated that “liberalization has not happened yet; but we have proclaimed 2013 as the year of liberalization, so 2013 is the year of liberalization of visas.” According to Abdixhiku, such statement speaks more about the ignorance and lack of sustainability of a typical Albanian-Balkans politician of nineties. When this did not happen, continues Abdixhiku, a month ago, the Prime Minister stated that the next months are determinant on the visa liberalization process.
Abdixhiku hopes that the number of those who were surprised last week with the statement of the EU Rapporteur for Kosovo, Urlike Lunacek, who said that she hopes for visa liberalization to happen during the next two or three years, is small.
He further criticizes Kosovo Police for the recent actions in the cafeterias of Pristina and Peja, saying that theatrical performances of pretending that they are doing something on the war against organized crime ordered by police and political leaders, do not lead to Europe. Neither do we get there with the Public University of Pristina, he says, and mentions irregularities there.

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