16 minutes agoHashim Thaci reacts to the deportation of Turks, says he knows nothing about what happened
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Following Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and Parliament Speaker Kadri Veseli, to the deportation of six Turkish citizens from the Kosovo authorities, the leaders of the gulenist schools, has also reacted to Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, who was mostly charged as the official behind the action. Thaci has not claimed responsibility for initiating [...]
Thaci has not claimed responsibility for initiating the action for deportation of Turkish citizens, saying he has been informed by competent organs, as well as demanding that the entire situation be cleared up, Periscopi writes.
“We now need to clarify the reasons that have led to the deportation of these Turkish citizens to Turkey. I want to assure the citizens of the Republic of Kosovo and all foreign citizens who live and work in Kosovo, that Kosovo will at all costs protect its constitutional values, which, above all else, provide each individual without fear to express the identity, confidence, culture, ideology, opinion and free word”, Thaci has written.
Full response:
Kosovo is a democratic state built in line with the highest democratic standards, which above all else, respect the individual rights of any human, regardless of ethnic affiliation, political or ideological beliefs.
This principle, mercyed in our Constitution and laws, remains necessary by no one and is the task of our state institutions to implement it in practice.
Today, we are disappointed because our relevant institutions, for reasons that remain to be clarified to the end, have failed to protect these principles that are related to the human rights of foreign citizens living and working in our country.
I am informed by competent bodies after the event that six citizens were deported today to Turkey on the grounds that they had no residence permits in Kosovo.
We now need to clarify the reasons that have led up to the deportation of these Turkish citizens to Turkey.
I want to assure the citizens of the Republic of Kosovo and all foreign citizens who live and work in Kosovo, that Kosovo will at all costs protect its constitutional values, which, above all else, provide every individual without fear to express identity, confidence, culture, ideology, thought and free speech.
No one dares be persecuted, censored or even deported because he has a belief or ideology other than someone else. HTH
