11 minutes agoVjosa Osmani warns consequences for Kosovo if Special Court falls
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Kosovo's reports with international allies could deteriorate significantly if institutions decide to abolish the Special Court Law, Specialised Chambers, opposition deputies and law-recognisors, respectively. Dastid Pallaska, law court connoisseur, told Radio Free Europe that Kosovo, both in the interior and [...]
Dastid Pallaska, law court connoisseur, told Radio Free Europe that Kosovo in both the domestic and international terms will feel the consequences if the law -- which the Assembly of Kosovo itself had adopted -- is abolished.
The “other than isolation, which only exists in a mild and harsh form, I think the international community will withdraw all diplomatic, economic and political support for Kosovo, which will first be reflected in Kosovo's reports with Serbia, respectively, feel the real weight of the Serbian state or the hostilities coming from the Serbian state”, Pallaska said.
Meanwhile, Vjosa Osmani, chairman of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Commission from the Democratic League of Kosovo, told Radio Free Europe that if the Special Law is achieved, the consequences will be multiple.
“In the first place, Kosovo will be isolated internationally, not only as a state, but also the carriers of institutions will be placed on various sanctions lists and that would be very damaging in terms of the country's international image. Likewise, even the states that have mostly supported Kosovo since the years of '{0}'90, then throughout the statehood process, will abandon Kosovo as far as we've had the support we have so far, Osmani said.
MEP Osmani said that in the event the law is abolished, the Security Council of the United Nations could undertake initiatives for the adoption of any new resolution, under which the court could still function. She says that based on statements by ruling political party officials, this initiative does not stop.
“at any moment cannot be ruled out for the UN Security Council to take action based on Resolution 12 44. So the consequences will be large and many. They will be both political and other spheres. Therefore, I think the whole initiative to abolish the Special Court is reckless and undermines Kosovo and all the achievements we have done together with our (international) partners, and it also blocks Kosovo from making progress in the statehood process”, Osmani said.
However, Osmani also points to the fact that the Special Court cannot be completely extinguished without constitutional changes. However, changes in the Law for Specialised Chambers can, according to her, be passed by a simple majority of votes in the Assembly.
