The Presidency of the Kosovo Assembly today did not include on the agenda of 21 May the constitutional amendments required for the establishment of the special court that will address war crimes allegations. Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli told reporters after the meeting that additional consultations were needed to reach a consensus among the parliamentary parties. “The most important thing is to have international partnership and a national consensus,” Veseli said. “Allow me to reiterate that Kosovo’s economic development should be our priority. I would prefer if your questions were related to the national priorities. We will meet the obligations on our path toward integration and there is no force that can hold us back,” Veseli told reporters.

The Assembly Presidency also did not process the draft law on the Kosovo Armed Forces, as the government has yet to submit the required constitutional amendments. Telegrafi reports that the opposition representatives in the Assembly Presidency claimed that there is on-going bargaining with the establishment of the Armed Forces. Indeksonline quotes Vetevendosje MP Glauk Konjufca as saying that there is political bargaining with the Armed Forces and the special court. “I believe the Serbian List has conditioned the establishment of the Armed Forces with the prior establishment of a tribunal that will persecute the former Kosovo Liberation Army,” Konjufca said. The opposition’s claims were rejected by Assembly Speaker Veseli.