Assembly will not deal with Special Court this week
(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
The highest political institutions continue to consider Special Court establishment as an issue without the approval of which there will be no vacations. Since the Government has not proceeded constitutional amendments, it is unclear which Assembly session will have this issue its agenda.
Assembly Deputy Speaker Xhavit Haliti confirmed that it will not be in the agenda of Assembly session that will be held this Thursday.
Nonetheless, he left the possibility open for an Assembly session regarding this issue, whenever the Government is ready for it. Haliti did not tell if the governing coalition partners have the secured votes for the Special Court, however, one thing is sure, even if MPs will be on their vacation; they will need to come to the Assembly and vote for it.
Opposition criticizes Government of empowering UNMIK’s role
(Klan Kosova & KTV)
Government of Kosovo should never empower the role of UNMIK in Kosovo. The Government has done this by applying for membership in UNESCO through the Office of this Mission in Prishtinë/Pristina.
According to the opposition parties, the international mission (UNMIK) has lost this role since the independence of Kosovo.
Zgjim Hyseni of Vetëvendosje considers application to UNESCO as a very good action, but he says that this should be done directly. According to him, UNMIK’s empowerment is a continuation of the policy of former Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi.
Besnik Tahiri of AAK also considers this action of Ministry of Foreign Affairs absurd.
The Kosovo Government officials, on the other hand, again did not make any pronouncement about this matter.
Klan Kosova reported that Kosovo application for membership in UNESCO still has not reached the offices of this UN organization. This was confirmed to Klan Kosova by the Head of UNESCO Information Office, George Papagiannis.
Kosovo deputy minister of foreign affairs, Petrit Selimi, told Klan Kosova over the phone that at least two weeks are needed for Kosovo application to reach UNESCO.
He said that Kosovo application was submitted through UNMIK for the fact that Kosovo still is not a UN member state, and because the request should go through this Mission.
UNMIK did not want to comment this case.
Stojanovic: Prishtinë/Pristina does not have a clear idea about the Association
(RTK2, Klan Kosova)
Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic has accused his colleagues at the Government of Kosovo of frailness toward establishment of the Association of Serb Municipalities.
He also said that there is no serious dialogue between Albanians and Serbs within the Kosovo Government. Stojanovic added that Prishtinë/Pristina does not have a clear idea how will the Association look like. He said that Albanians want the Association to be a nongovernmental organization.
Stojanovic lays his hopes on pressure of international on his colleagues to establish the Association of Serb Municipalities.
In the meantime, the Serb MP at the Assembly of Kosovo, Nenad Rasic, said that Brussels Agreement is fatal for Kosovo Serbs and that people will suffer its consequences.
He told Serbian media that at a certain moment this Agreement will take a big number of Serbs of Kosovo out of the payroll.
Salih Mekaj suspended from his post
(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Salih Mekaj has been suspended from his posts as the President of the Court of Appeals in Pejë/Pec.
Disciplinary Commission of the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC) decided to suspend Salih Mekaj from his posts as the President of the Court of Appeals and member of the KJC Board.
This was made public by the KJC chairperson Enver Peci during the Council’s regular meeting.
About 30.000 persons have signed visa liberalization petition
(KTV)
About 30.000 signatures have been collected by the petition which was launched by civil society to seek visa liberalization for Kosovars.
It was envisaged to end the petition now, but its organizers have decided to postpone the deadline, and collection of signatures will go on until September.
Kosovo citizens say that isolation is a result of the unaccountability of all the governments, while Government officials have announced 2016 as the year that they expect to see the issue of visa liberalization closed.
