Publicist Veton Surroi posted on his Facebook account today that Aleksandar Vucic was Minister of Information in the Serbian government when “Serbia was killing two-year old children in Kosovo”. Surroi writes: “On April 2, 2017, Aleksandar Vucic was elected President of Serbia. On April 2, 1999, Aleksandar Vucic was Minister for Information in the Republic of Serbia.
Publicist Veton Surroi argues in an opinion piece that in the coming days, “we will be hearing increasing calls for the fall of the current government and the end of this governance. The opposition, including civil society, shoulder a burden that is bigger than focusing only on the end of this government. They need to provide answers whether they want the end of this governance too, and if so, what measures they will take in the four areas [a functioning state, economic development, social well-being, and sovereignty].
Veton Surroi considers that renegotiation of the agreement for the demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro is an interest of Kosovo, because, according to him, this would create an internal consensus. He also considers that it is an interest of Kosovo and Montenegro for the demarcation to happen based on the consent of both parties. Currently this is not possible being that one of the parties is not unanimous, he writes.
Publisher of Koha Ditore, Flaka Surroi, in an opinion on public perceptions of joyful events in Kosovo, argues that despite the UEFA membership and visa liberalization recommendation, Kosovo still faces many challenges. “It will be a big challenge for Kosovo to come out from the isolation shell where we lived for decades. Infrastructure, which was totally neglected for many years, will be a big challenge and, moreover, the biggest challenge will be to overcome the belief that football in Kosovo is be played only in the muddy fields.”
Publicist Veton Surroi suggests in an opinion piece that in order to emerge from the current political crisis, the government and the opposition should agree on a “letter with three points”. “First, Kosovo should amend its Constitution and make way for the direct election of the President whenever the time comes for this. Second, the government and opposition should agree on a list of things that need to be done to secure free and democratic elections whenever the time comes for this.
Managing Director of the Koha group and Publisher of Koha Ditore, Flaka Surroi, has condemned the car tire slashing of the paper’s Editor-in-Chief Adriatik Kelmendi earlier today. Surroi said despite threats made against Kelmendi and other media professionals, “we will not stop revealing the bad things we have evidence of.”
Publicist Veton Surroi writes on his Facebook account today that no obligation to establish the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities derives from the Ahtisaari Package. “In the capacity of chief negotiator in 2005-2007: Kosovo has not a single obligation from the Ahtisaari Package to establish the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. Kosovo has integrated the rights of non-majority communities (minority rights) in the Constitution of the Republic.
The paper’s publisher Flaka Surroi writes today that the blockade of the Assembly that is going on for several weeks now, has come to the point of absurdity for which the people of Kosovo will pay the price. “The scenes of throwing eggs and teargas became international news. The escalation of the situation to throwing teargas in the Assembly is sinking us in a very deep crisis,” Surroi writes.
Publicist Veton Surroi in an opinion piece today writes that at the time when Kosovo signed four agreements with Serbia in Brussels on 25 August, it showed Kosovo’s readiness to be part of a trap set by Serbian negotiators. “The trap is simple: create tables, which will examine and solve the specific problems by concerned citizens, but without the basic principles with which the negotiations will be guided on the table,” Surroi writes.
Reporters Without Borders monitor for Kosovo Ismet Hajdari, in an open letter writes that the lynching campaign that is going on through social networks against publicist Veton Surroi, has caused great concern to Reporters Without Borders organization.