Kosovo Government Charges Up

The news has confirmed Urim Vokshi, the lawyer of one of the six families of Turkish citizens expelled from Kosovo.

Speaking to Radio Free Europe, he has stressed that while these family members have already filed indictments and complaints, as he says, the illegal departure of their family members, the case will also be sent to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo.

“Padi towards the decision to revote the permit-negotiation of Turkish citizens, and we have also filed complaints against the decision to order them out. We are awaiting development of these procedures, to look at and continue with the necessary procedures. Family members are currently preparing files to submit the case to the Constitutional Court, for human rights violations, and as well, are preparing the file to exercise criminal defamatory, to bring to the law all persons involved and who have committed criminal acts during the illegal departure of their families”, said lawyer Vokshi.

He has added that six Turkish citizens have fled, as he said, because from Kosovo's respective institutions, on the basis of the official decision, are considered dangerous persons for national security. According to him, there is no evidence that supports such a claim.

Regarding the family indictment of six Turkish citizens towards the Kosovo government, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj is already aware. He confirmed it last Friday. He has stressed that the Government of Kosovo “has launched an internal investigation” on the issue.

On the other hand, the Kosovo Assembly on April 17th had adopted a resolution to establish an investigative Commission concerning the expulsion of six Turkish citizens from Kosovo.
The formation of this commission was proposed by the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic League of Kosovo and was supported by other parliamentary groups.

But, Driton Selmanaj MP from the Democratic League of Kosovo, tells Radio Free Europe that the formation of the Baltimore Commission is stalled.

 The full unanimous “, all parliamentary groups have voted that resolution, and the first point of that resolution has been the establishment of the investigative Commission. In the meantime, The PDK is now entering procedure mazes. A fear of truth and tendency is seen to prevent the establishment of this commission”, Selmanaj said.
Lawyer Vokshi has voiced confidence that a Kosovo Assembly Detective Commission could do good work investigating the causes that have led to the expulsion of six Turkish citizens.

“We believe that the commission can do a great job in investigating the case, to understand all the circumstances of how it happened, all persons eventually involved and what are the reasons behind what has led to the evacuation. Also, I believe that the commission, with the investigation it can do and seek as a parliamentary commission, can find the responsible persons and demand that the same, as support evidence of the attachment, so that the same can be sent to the tribunal and give responsibility for their illegal actions”, Vokshi said.

Five of the Turkish citizens expelled from Kosovo were school employees “Mehmet Akif” in Kosovo, owned by Turkish cleric Fetullah Gulen, meanwhile the sixth person was a Turkish doctor.

On the day of the deportation of six Turkish citizens from Kosovo to Turkey, as a co-ordinated action between intelligence services from Turkey and Kosovo, not only MPs, but also the president, prime minister and Speaker of the Parliament had declared they had no knowledge of the case.

Prime Minister Haradinaj had released Interior Minister Flamur Sefaj and Kosovo Intelligence Agency chief Driton Gashi from office. Both have since resigned from their positions.