The paper’s front-page editorial today while referring to Kosovo President Hashim Thaci’s statement’s that people with criminal records have no place in Kosovo institutions and election lists, stresses that such promises are not serious because “political leaders making such statements undertake no actions to support them.” With the laws in force in Kosovo, the paper notes, even though someone may be under investigation for corruption, does not constitute any obstacle for them to be part of election lists, or even become MPs, minister and ambassadors. “The politicians who today are preaching against crime and corruption, are the main people responsible why the judiciary has failed in Kosovo.  We never hear any Kosovo leader distancing themselves from incriminated members of their party. In a way, each party protects its bandits because they might come in handy when it comes to either stealing votes, manipulate tenders or to undertake illegal acts.”