A referendum for Kosovo (Kosova Sot)
The front page editorial of this daily notes that Kosovo should return to the direct democracy, by using a referendum and letting the people decide on key issues, just like Greece. “Kosovo would gain an extraordinary opportunity to exercise democracy by allowing a referendum. Our crisis differs from that in Greece, however it is a heavy weight for our small shoulders. Let us take the special court, where a group of parliamentarians are caught up and do not know what to do. Is there a better solution and a more legitimate one than to allow our citizens to choose between the Kosovo special court and the United Nations’ one? Our young state needs direct democracy in order to make important decisions, especially on the sensitive issues. We will certainly have many such challenges, because being a new Republic, democratization takes time, rule of law is challenged and government officials either make intentional mistakes or make them due to their ignorance,” concludes this daily.