The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Xhavit Haliti, writes in an opinion piece today that Kosovo’s future was put into question by two major events: the political stalemate and the special court. “The six-month political stalemate after the elections last year left our international friends worried for Kosovo. After that, the rejection of the special court also affected Kosovo’s relationship with the international community. The representatives of the European Union and the United States have asked Kosovo directly to establish the special court.

Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, met today in London with Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, with whom she discussed Kosovo’s challenges, rule of law, extremist threats and Kosovo’s European future. Jahjaga said that Kosovo institutions believe in the principal of justice for all, and that she hopes that Kosovo will soon fulfill international obligations by voting for the establishment of the special court, in order to avoid a step that could be undertaken on this issue by the United Nations Security Council.

The possibility for the special court to investigate the post-war murders is closed, being that the international factor has rejected it.

The Vice President of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek, today called on the ruling-coalition parties in Kosovo to resubmit to the Assembly the constitutional amendments that enable the establishment of the special court. Lunacek said that the government of Kosovo must try the second chance to pass these constitutional amendments. According to her, the establishment of the special court would allow Kosovo to continue its European path, proving a clean past.

The news site published an editorial writing that so much was discussed about the consequences that would bring the rejection of the establishment of the special court, that it was created an impression that everyone was afraid of what was going to happen next. “However, the rejection of the special court didn’t bring the apocalypse in Kosovo. Everyone resumed their lives normally. Two weeks after the decision, and everyone is thinking about summer holidays. No international friend has unfriended Kosovo,” notes the editorial.

According to the writer of this editorial peace, Halil Matoshi, the request of Kosovo allies to establish the special court for the alleged war crimes is a confirmation of Kosovo’s sovereignty as a subject of the international justice. If the opposite was the case, considers Matoshi, then, based on Resolution 1244, the United Nations together with Serbia, would establish a court which would have jurisdiction over Kosovo.