The front page editorial of this daily stresses that at the very same day when the new EULEX chief shared with President Atifete Jahjaga his concern about the high level of corruption and organized crime in Kosovo, the Prosecutorial Council confirmed during its meeting the negative balance on resolving the cases of corruption.
“In majority of cases, the prosecutors have dropped their charges against the suspected for corruption. Even though the public perception for the level of corruption of the government, municipalities, public administration, healthcare, education, public enterprises, board etc. is alarming, results of justice stagnate. Despite the promises of the Prosecution of the State to give priority to corruption affairs, prosecutors did not show any impressive performance in practice. It quite clear that there is a lack of institutional will to bring the corrupted officials in front of the justice. One does not have to be very smart to understand corruption of some officials especially those that hold managerial positions and operate with considerable budgets.
A single smart and brave prosecutor would have been sufficient to see how those officials have bought properties for themselves and their children in Kosovo, Albania or some other country. Unfortunately, investigation of the origin of property, which would lead to the arguments of corruption, is not among the qualities of our prosecutors. Some of them might also be victims of corruption, and their hands are tied. The same situation is with the judges. Names of the senior officials involved in corruption are mentioned very often, however, they are not being sentenced or arrested. Even when this happens, punishments are not convincing. Justice has to act urgently in Kosovo, and EULEX, since ity is here, could contribute on this direction, if it is interested.”
