Lumezi: Appointment of State Chief Prosecutor might be manipulated
(KTV)
Aleksandër Lumezi, who has been selected as Chief State Prosecutor, denied that he got this post because of political support. Lumezi in an exclusive interview for KTV show ‘Rubikon’ called on Kosovo President to quickly decree him because as he said the process has a certain tendency to be manipulated.
Convinced that his selection by the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council was fair, Lumezi considers that the annulment of his appointment in the first selection process last year by the Constitutional Court was unfair. According to Lumezi individuals that willingly gave up from the selection process, afterwards filed complaints at the Constitutional Court.
Furthermore, Lumezi said that if the Constitutional Court continues to treat such issues, it will lose its credibility.
Meanwhile Lumezi also raised his concern that the withdrawal of other candidates from the race for Chief State Prosecutor was a coordinated action to fail the process.
Lumezi also denied that he has political support, emphasizing that the only support he has is from justice institutions.
He expressed determined to fight any negative phenomenon, including arresting of corruption suspects regardless their posts or background.
This is the second time that Lumezi has been selected as State Chief Prosecutor.
Media representatives discuss digitalisation strategy
(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV&RTK1)
Media representatives gathered on Thursday to discuss the draft strategy for switching from analogue to digital broadcast. They had numerous comments about the content of this document. Representatives of the Independent Media Commission (IMC) pledged to introduce all the comments and remarks in the final document.
RTK Director General Mentor Shala said that for RTK this document is similar to the previous draft and emphasized that the comments they have made have not been introduced.
Chairperson of the Association of Independent Broadcast Media of Kosovo (AMPEK) Afërdita Saraqini-Kelmendi had comments too. She said that the announcement of IMC that this is the last discussion before this document is submitted to Government is unacceptable.
Related to these concerns, the Chairperson of IMC Adnan Merovci said these comments will be included in the strategy before sending it to the Government for approval. Deadline for digitalisation is June 15th.
Meanwhile RTK2 reported that the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and the Association of Journalists of Kosovo-Metohija (DNKiM) accused the Independent Media Commission for taking decisions without the presence of the members of minority communities.
UNS and DNKiM through a press statement expressed their protests because Independent Media Commission and Kosovo Assembly have failed to elect commission members from Serb minority and members from other non-majority communities, even after one year has passed since the call for application was closed.
Furthermore both organisation consider that the implementation of the Strategy on digitalization, without the presence of the Serb members of the Commission as illegal.
KDI: Srpska List should return in the institutions
(All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
Kosovo Democratic Institute is a non-governmental organisation which monitors the work of the Assembly of Kosovo. In a press conference held on Thursday, KDI representatives said that the Assembly has not done much during the last three months, emphasizing that over twenty boards of public enterprises continue to be uncompleted.
Artan Bakija of KDI said that they have warned the Assembly that they have to face an enormous amount of work since this institution was non-functional for six months, but he emphasized that during the last three months they observed a slow dynamic of the work in the Assembly.
Meanwhile KDI notes that there is a lack of consolidation of boards and independent agencies.
Driton Selmanaj of KDI pointed out that currently are over twenty boards of public enterprises that have non-complete boards or do not have boards at all.
Selmanaj said that Government and Assembly should start talking to Srpska List for their return to the institutions. According to KDI the absence of Srpska List in the Assembly endangers adoption of several important laws. They emphasized that the meetings of the Government with Srpska List should intensify and convince them to return to the institutions.
Jakup Krasniqi requests investigations from Brussels
(All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
An article published on Wednesday in Kosovo newspaper ‘Koha Ditore’ incited an immediate reaction from the Chairperson of the Council for Nisma për Kosovën, Jakup Krasniqi.
According to the article, PDK in cooperation with former-EUEX chief Bernd Borchardt and some Brussels officials are believed to have interfered in the Court of Appeal last September so that Limaj and nine other defendants get sentenced for war crimes. Sentencing of Nisma chair Fatmir Limaj was seen as an ideal possibility for dissolution of the coalition between the LDK, AAK, and Nisma.
Krasniqi said that the facts published in Koha Ditore have shocked the public. According to Krasniqi these facts demonstrate what is factually happening in the most important institutions of Kosovo, particularly in justice, which instead of defending the citizens has been transformed into a prosecution instrument against the citizens.
Krasniqi requested from all relevant institutions, including Brussels to quickly launch a full and comprehensive investigation against the involved in this case, outside and inside of EULEX.
Bozovic: Accounts of northern municipalities have been blocked
(RTK2)
Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north Assembly Chairperson Ksenija Bozovic told to RTK2 that on Wednesday the accounts of four municipalities in the north of Kosovo have been blocked by Kosovo government without any explanation.
Bozovic stated that the municipal budget in four municipalities will be adopted according to the law and the Brussels agreements, emphasizing that there is no need for a blockade of accounts.
Two KP members, suspected of murdering Enver Zymberi, suspended
(Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
Operational Chief in Kosovo Police station in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north, Captain Miodrag Lekic and his brother, as well member of Kosovo Police in this station Milan Lekic have been suspended of duty pending investigations in relation to the murder of the police officer Enver Zymberi.
They have been suspended for an indefinite period of time and their travel documents have been seized.
Kosovo Police Deputy Director for the north Besim Hoti confirmed the suspension of the two police officers but he did not provide any additional information.
EULEX officials confirmed as well the search and interrogation of the two police officers.
Enver Zymberi was member of Police Special Unit and was killed on 26 July 2011 in the north of Kosovo during a police action to return control on the border points 1 and 31.
