SITF Lead Prosecutor Williamson met Kosovo leaders
(All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)Lead Prosecutor of the Special Investigative Task Force (SITF), Mr. Clint Williamson came to Kosovo one week before publication of the report on three-year investigations about crimes alleged in Dick Marty’s report. Initially, Williamson met with President of the Republic of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga.
Through a press release issued, Mrs Jahjaga said that she expressed Kosovo institutions’ dedication to cooperate with SITF in the forthcoming period, in order to strengthen the law and order and to fulfil the obligations towards the international and local law.
President Jahjaga stated that the Assembly of Kosovo has endorsed the establishment of a Special Tribunal and at the moment of consolidation, the newly-elected institutions will implement the ratified agreement by undertaking the necessary legal amendments required for the accommodation of the new Tribunal.
President Jahjaga stated that she is dedicated that Kosovo’s approach to justice is to be comprehensive and that investigations stemming from the Council of Europe’s report are not an attempt to judge Kosovo’s collective battle for liberation and freedom, but to investigate alleged individual crimes.
President Jahjaga assured Mr. Williamson that Kosovo is determined to face and address these accusations through a credible process and will fulfil its obligations with responsibility and dignity in order to conclude this chapter which, according to her, will strengthen Kosovo’s position internationally.
Lead Prosecutor Williamson thanked President Jahjaga for her support provided for the Special Investigations Task Force, reads the press release issued by Office of the President.
After this meeting, Williamson, escorted by the Head of EULEX Mission Berndt Borchardt, was received by Minister of Justice Hajredin Kuçi. Minister of Interior Bajram Rexhepi and Minister of Kosovo Security Force Agim Çeku were also present in this meeting.
A press release issued by Ministry of Justice reads that the meeting was held on the occasion of Williamson’s end of mandate as SITF leader. The entire visit of Prosecutor Williamson to Kosovo was held far from media glare.
In the meantime, Council for Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) reacted against Williamson’s visit. It requested on everyone not to prejudge persons for Dick Marty’s report.
CDHRF said that speculations on the reasons of Williamson’s visit to Kosovo and why he meets with the Acting Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi now are taking the shape of a political campaign directed against certain persons of a political entity.
Haradinaj: No return to point zero
(All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
Leaders of LDK-AAK-Nisma bloc met on Monday at Kosovo Assembly’s premises where they discussed about Government’s formation and continuation of work that has remained to be done at the Assembly following its constitutive meeting.
Bloc’s PM designate Ramush Haradinaj said that there is no return to point zero, as, according to him, a part of Kosovo Assembly’s leadership has already been chosen.
Haradinaj said that they will form the Government soon, while he reemphasized the possibility of cooperation with Vetëvendosje.
Serbs in the north protested
(All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
The so-called Assembly of the Community of Serb Municipalities of Kosovo organized a protest on Monday in Kosovo north. On this occasion, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica-Ribaric highway was blocked for half an hour.
Organizers of the protest said that they were protesting against recent charges against them, threats with imprisonment and the growing pressure against Kosovo Serbs. According to them, all this is being done by EULEX.
Ksenija Bozovic, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north municipal assembly president requested that Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens’ Initiative “Freedom, Democracy, Justice,” and other detained Serbs, be released pending trial.
Jablanovic: We voted for Mustafa to avoid elections
(RTK2&TV21)
Aleksandar Jablanovic, a member of Kosovo Assembly from the Srpska List, stated in an interview with Radio Dukagjini that Srpska List does not have any preference for any Albanian political entity.
According to him, the List is ready to enter the Government with anyone that meets four principles of the Serb community: establishment of the Association of Serb municipalities, suspension of privatisation process in Serb resided areas, lowering of tensions in north, and return of Serbs.
Jablanovic also explained why they voted for Isa Mustafa in the Assembly constitutive session.
“Our vote for the Assembly speaker is a signal that Srpska List does not want a new election process. We acted in that way to prevent conclusion of the constitutive session and the need for new elections. So, our goal was to prevent new elections,” he said.
On the other hand, Kosovo Assembly MP of the Progressive Democratic Party Nenad Rasic did not support Isa Mustafa’s election as Assembly Speaker. According to him, the main reason for this was because Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) prolonged the process related to reserved seats for minority communities.
In a statement for RTK2, Rasic considered Srpska List’s decision to support Mustafa as Assembly Speaker immature.
Returnee houses in Levoshe of Pejë/Pec demolished
(RTK2)
Serb returnee houses in Levoshe village of Pejë/Pec were once again a target of attack. This is not their only difficulty. They are without drinking water and electric supply for four days now.
On Sunday night three houses and two house annexes were demolished. Owners of these houses are currently in central Serbia; therefore it is unclear if thieves took anything, Levoshe village representative Ranko Bakic said.
This is not the first time that houses have been demolished in this returnee village. Six houses were demolished in the same way about twenty days ago. Inhabitants consider this as a message that they are not welcomed and that they are a bother to somebody.
Kosovo Police has classified the case as damage of property, as the owners of the houses were not present.
