“Amendments of the Kosovo Constitution on transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into an army will not be on the Kosovo parliament’s agenda this week,” confirmed MP from the Serbian List Jasmina Živković.
She explained that this issue was discussed at the Kosovo presidency’s session and that discussion over this topic is postponed upon proposal of the head of the Serbian List’s caucus.
The Serb deputy at the Assembly of Kosovo, Nenad Rasic, considers that it is impossible for him to have any impact on the Serbian List to vote the Kosovo Armed Force (KAF). He said that the Serbian List is being influenced by Belgrade and they consider that it is not in interest of Kosovo Serbs to vote KAF at the Assembly. “As you know, the Serbian List has a majority of votes of Serb community, and I am a deputy that cannot change their position with regards to the Kosovo Army.
The Kosovo government today has sent to the Assembly the constitutional amendments for the establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said at today’s government meeting that the Armed Forces are not being established on ethnic basis but for all Kosovo people. The two Serb ministers coming from the Serbian List, Branimir Stojanovic and Dalibor Jevtic, voted against the transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into the Armed Forces.
Serbian list announced tonight that the messages from Pristina, that speak of reluctance to launch serious negotiations on the establishment of the Association/Community of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO), speak that the Kosovo government does not understand the obligations undertaken in the Brussels Treaty.
Serbian List, in the press release, further states that the unwillingness of the Kosovo Government to seriously negotiate about the ZSO indicates the contempt of the coalition agreement that the ruling parties in Kosovo had with the Serbian List.
The paper’s front page editorial today writes that Kosovo opposition suspects that the ruling coalition is bargaining with the representatives of the Serbian List to enable the establishment of the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF) after the establishment of the special court. The paper also writes that the government’s lack of transparency makes more serious the allegations of the opposition parties for political conspiracies that might occur in the coming weeks.
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.
MP from the Serbian List Jasmina Živković voiced her expectation that Kosovo parliament will adopt the law on special court, and stressed that it is about process which is important for entire Kosovo.
“I expect that 81 MP will vote for the establishment of the special court,” said Živković, and added that nothing is yet sure since there is no official confirmation about the session.
The former minister for communities and return in the Kosovo government and President of the Serbian List Aleksandar Jablanović has not decided yet whether he will go to Đakovica/Gjakovë if summoned by a prosecution.
“I have neither intention nor desire to prove my innocence, particularly not in front of the prosecution in Đakovica,” said Jablanović.
Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC) has appointed the MP from the Serbian List Srđan Popović, instead of the MP Velimir Rakic who died in a car accident on 2 April, stated CEC member Nenad Rikalo.
Rikalo added that according to CEC data Srđan Popović was next candidate on the Serbian List by the number of votes he received in last extraordinary elections in Kosovo.
Srđan Popović was until recently the director of the Communities’ Office in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Kosovo.
According to unofficial information of Danas, the division is so deep that in the coming weeks, six out of the nine MPs of the Serbian List in the Kosovo Parliament could establish its own parliamentary group.
When among the representatives of the Serbian List, who have returned to Kosovo institutions after a two month boycott, were not and deputies from the ranks of the Socialists Movement, it was explained "locally" as the long-hidden partition on "Djuric" and "Vulin" Serbs.