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Capussela’s 4 points on Thaci and Mogherini: Why didn’t the Special Court issue an indictment? (Kossev)

By   /  26/10/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  Comments Off on Capussela’s 4 points on Thaci and Mogherini: Why didn’t the Special Court issue an indictment? (Kossev)

“1) The EU set up a special war-crimes court; 2) Thaci is an obvious suspect; 3) Federica Mogherini and Johannes Hahn want the land swap that Thaci advocated; 4) Federica Mogherini chose the court’s judges and prosecutors. Can 1-4 contribute to explaining why the court hasn’t yet indicted anyone?” – the former head of the […]

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It is the right time to strike a blow at Kosovo’s élite (Koha Ditore)

By   /  02/11/2016  /  Opinions  /  No Comments

The paper carries an opinion piece from Andrea Lorenzo Capussela, who was head of the economics unit of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo and member of the Board of Directors at Kosovo’s Privatization Agency from 2008 until 2011. He has recently published the book “State-building in Kosovo: Democracy, Corruption and the EU in the […]

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The constitutional court contradicts itself, but not enough (Koha Ditore)

By   /  05/04/2016  /  Opinions  /  No Comments

The paper runs an opinion piece by Andrea Lorenzo Capussela: The constitutional court of 2016 has said that the constitutional court of 2011 was wrong. These are not the words one can read in the judgement that yesterday upheld Thaci’s election, but this is what they mean. For the court rejected the challenge against his […]

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Two reasons why Thaci’s election is not valid (Koha)

By   /  01/03/2016  /  Opinions  /  No Comments

An opinion piece by Andrea Capussela Thaci’s election is invalid because it breaches the rules established by the constitutional court in its judgment annulling the election of Pacolli, in 2011. That decision was wrong, and often absurd (see this essay). But according to article 116.1 of Kosovo’s constitution ‘Decisions of the Constitutional Court are binding […]

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Thaci cannot become President, a hero citizen will (Koha Ditore)

By   /  22/01/2016  /  Opinions  /  No Comments

The paper has run an opinion piece by Andrea Lorenzo Capussela who argues that the verdict of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo to remove Behgjet Pacolli from Presidency a few years ago, makes it impossible for the PDK leader Hashim Thaci to be elected President, because it requires the presence of all MPs at the session. “”Consequently, […]

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The loud silence about Kosovo (EurActiv)

By   /  16/12/2015  /  Opinions  /  No Comments

By Andrea Lorenzo Capussela Kosovo has illegally arrested its main opposition leader. The European Parliament can, and should, take a strong stance in defence of democracy in Kosovo, argues Andrea Lorenzo Capussela. This, and not the tear gas stories, colourful and unsettling though they are, is the real news. For this is unheard of in post-1945 […]

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On Kosovo MPs’ arrest (Koha Ditore)

By   /  09/11/2015  /  Opinions  /  No Comments

The paper today runs an opinion piece by Andrea Capussela, former head of the economics unit of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, on the recent developments in the Kosovo Assembly. “I continually read that police and prosecutors plan to arrest the Kosovo Assembly MPs for throwing teargas in the Assembly and who are now not […]

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Eggs and democracy (Koha)

By   /  29/09/2015  /  Opinions  /  No Comments

Opinion piece by Andrea Lorenzo Capussela Some people talk about eggs. These oval objects are the product of the ass of a domestic animal that can be eaten, cooked. Eggs too can be eaten, also raw. They can be cooked in many ways, including in boiling water. This liquid boils at 100 degrees, at sea […]

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