Publicist and former publisher of Koha Ditore, Veton Surroi, claims that on the day Kosovo Assembly approved constitutional amendment paving way for establishment of the special court, it also made the following statement: that Kosovo and international institutions (UNMIK, EULEX), were and are not capable of dealing with crimes alleged in the Council of Europe’s report. As a result of this, Kosovo institutions gave up part of sovereignty and delegate it to an external force. The Assembly of Kosovo also confirmed that the actions of the external force are not subject to Kosovo’s constitutional order. Unlike European countries which give up part of their sovereignty and in turn deepen their relations with the EU, Kosovo’s relationship with the EU is in the pre-contractual stage, adds Surroi. Kosovo’s decision to relent part of its sovereignty is not part of the EU integration process. “The Special Court has more to do with ‘stabilisation’ of the state: once ‘stabilised’, the ‘association’ prospects can be reviewed”, writes Surroi. At the end of the day, Kosovo is not fully sovereign anyway, he says. On one hand it is captured by a political and criminal group since 2010 and on the other, the north is not under two sovereignties – that of Kosovo and Serbia. Surroi says that the simplest explanation of what happened when Kosovo Assembly passed special court amendment in one sentence would be: “The country’s sovereignty is so impaired because of institutions’ capture by political organised crime that a special intervention, taking away a part of country’s sovereignty is necessary to clean it from this capturing”. In the world of poker, the special court could be explained as being the “va banque”, namely the time when all bets are put on one number or colour in the hope that the outcome is positive, concludes Surroi.
