Former head of economic division for the International Civilian Office, Andrea Capussela, writes in an opinion piece for the paper that there was nothing new in the report presented by the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) lead prosecutor Clint Williamson apart from one thing: the report authored by Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty was accurate, in essence, even on the part of organ harvesting.
Halil Matoshi’s editorial today analysis some of the paragraphs from the yesterday’s statement of the prosecutor, Clint Williamson. Speaking about the paragraph which stresses that there is no sufficient evidence to prove Dick Marty’s claims on organ trafficking but that this does not mean that it didn’t happen, Matoshi claims that the essential positive side of the report is that it amnesties ordinary soldiers and accuses the leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
The Government of Kosovo has issued a press release where it values the report of Ambassador Clint Williamson on the investigations based on the claims of the European Council Rapporteur, Dick Marty on trafficking of human organs by the members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
Augustin Palokaj writes in his column for the paper that at this stage, nothing is more important to the people of Kosovo than the right to travel freely to EU countries and adds that the level of visa rejection for the citizens of Kosovo has become one of the highest in the world. Only 3 percent of all the Kosovars that applied for a visa to visit EU countries were actually granted one in 2013, says Palokaj.
Lumir Abdixhiku suggests that the Constitutional Court is not created to do the job of the others, be that the President who does not know who the candidate should be, or that of the Speaker of the Assembly who does not follow the agenda starting from the seats and places where deputies of each party should sit. Unfortunately, the Court is playing this role due to someone’s lack of integrity and courage and due to the need to remove responsibility.
Columnist Enver Robelli writes that many politicians in Ukraine today regret the decision (mediated by the international community) to hand over the nuclear weapons stationed there to the Moscow authorities in condition for Russia to accept and guarantee Ukraine’s independence, right after the disintegration of Soviet Union.
Enver Robelli writes about recent developments in the Kosovo Assembly and notes that yesterday’s session carried some important details that he further describes in the column.
Despite all the commotion that has accompanied political and social spectrum, Kosovo has many things to be proud of, writes KTV editor-in-chief, Adriatik Kelmendi. “As a political spectrum and as a people we have shown with dignity that we know how to make democracy. We know how to hold good elections, we know how to accept results, we know how to make agreements, we know how to respect decisions of independent institutions regardless of whether they are up to our liking or not”, writes Kelmendi.
In today’s weekly column, Halil Matoshi, writes that since history is considered as a life teacher, the historical analogy of Hashim Thaci, who Matoshi refers to by his initials HTH, with former dictators is becoming increasingly fuller as the more he stays in power, the more he becomes arrogant and unpredictable and “even a threat for the country’s stability”.
Columnist Enver Robelli writes today that there is an insincere tendency on the part of the late Kosovo president Ibrahim Rugova’s family to describe his son and former MP, Uke Rugova, as a victim of a conspiracy that led to him being detained on a number of charges. A while ago, his sister and the future MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Teuta Rugova, even accused her party of not being adequately engaged in her brother’s case whereas just recently, the oldest of the siblings, Mendim, spoke to the media describing his younger brother, Uke, as a victim.