Kosovo Armed Forces in the hands of Srpska List
(KTV)
The fall will also find Kosovo without an army, although more than two months have passed since the Government has processed constitutional amendments that open way to Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) to the Assembly. Srpska List continues to state that it will not vote Kosovo Army with current proposals of the Government, while the opposition call on the ruling parties not to allow Belgrade to become the decision-maker in this process.
The Kosovo Army is in the hands of Srpska List. The Serb partner of LDK-PDK coalition, Srpska List, is not agreeing with the amendments proposed by the Government on Armed Forces, therefore they continue to say that they will not vote it as it is.
Contacted by KTV, the Serb Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Branimir Stojanovic, said they are willing to continue talks with the coalition partners, LDK and PDK, but not to cast their vote in favour of amendments proposed in the Government.
The opposition parties say that Belgrade is decisive if Kosovo will have an army or not, as one such political framework has been constructed by the very Government of Kosovo.
Glauk Konjufca of Vetëvendosje says that KAF fate is depending on Srpska List, but the key blame for this lies with Hashim Thaçi.
On the other hand, AAK deputy chairperson Ahmet Isufi considers unacceptable the fact that Assembly’s spring session ended without having Kosovo’s future army in its agenda. Furthermore, he has no more hope that this year will be the year of the Kosovo’s Army.
Special Court to be submitted to Constitutional Court on Tuesday
(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
The opposition parties will submit on Tuesday a case to Constitutional Court by which it aims to dispute the Kosovo Assembly’s decision on establishment of the Special Court.
This was confirmed to Kosovapress by Vetëvendosje MP Albulena Haxhiu, who stated that the legal deadline for submission of this case to the Constitutional Court is due tomorrow, therefore, they will ask the Constitutional Court to analyse if the adopted constitutional amendment is in line with the Constitution, sovereignty, and independence of the justice system in Kosovo.
Haxhiu added that they will submit this case to the Constitutional Court tomorrow at 11:00 hrs.
Serbs protest in support of Oliver Ivanovic
(All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
With the motto “Justice yes, politicizing of justice no” about 500 Serb citizens, including the representatives of northern municipalities, protested on Monday in front of EULEX building in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë. They requested immediate release of Oliver Ivanovic and Dragoljub Delibasic from the jail.
According to Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north mayor, Goran Rakic, the two accused persons are unjustly being held in jail. This protest in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë ended peacefully, while about 20 participants of this protest than came to Prishtinë/Pristina and protested in front of the EULEX Mission.
They said that this is a political legal process to balance to the effects of the Special Court, while they demanded immediate clarifications from EULEX Mission.
Serbia impedes searches in suspected mass graves
(Most monitored broadcasters, KTV)
Excavations in Kozarevo of Novi Pazar have been suspended again. The assessment excavations were envisaged to be done on 7 and 8 August in this location, but they suspended by the Serbian side on their very first day.
Distraught by this behaviour, the Chairperson of Kosovo Government Commission on Missing Persons, Prenk Gjetaj, through an urgent meeting, called on institutions in charge to stop this practice of Serbian side.
The representative of families of missing persons, Bajram Qerkinaj, accused the international community of allowing this to happen in front of their eyes and of tolerating such behaviour.
It was requested that this issue is raised at the level of dialogue between Kosovo and on Serbia and to dismiss the Chairperson of the Serbian government commission on the missing persons from his duty.
Novo Brdo/Novobërdë mayor pays his wife without working
(KTV)
Mayor of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë municipality, Svetislav Ivanovic, is using the municipal budget as it was his own. He paid about EUR 4.000 salary for his wife that she employed in the culture sector of this municipality, but she never showed up at her workplace.
The Auditor General 2014 report on the Municipality of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë identified many irregularities related to legal and procedural violations including irregular employments, conflict of interest, nepotism, contracting without tendering process, irregular payments and transactions.
Coordinator of Vetëvendosje Centre in Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, Abdyl Gashi, expressed his concerning about the results that came out the Auditor General’s Report for this municipality.
The municipality of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë has paid about EUR 19.000 for 11 fictional employees that do not work in this municipality.
Vetëvendosje called on justice bodies to investigate findings of the Auditor’s report, while no one from the municipality of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë wanted to comment the Auditor’s report.
