Joy Kelmendi: Police go to mosque, Kosovo is not communist country

Former Deputy of the Parliament, Gezim Kelmendi, and at the same time party chairman “The Word” has reacted following statements he made days ago to Kosovo Police Director Rashit Qalaj against practicing religious obligations at the mosque or church by police.

Kelmendi at a Facebook status has said that in the US as well, police officers and soldiers freely practice their religious obligations during working hours.

This is Kelmendi's full reaction:

Don't violate police rights, Communism has ruled. Policemen enjoy the legal and constitutional right to both the mosque and the churches.

The Kosovo Police Director Rashit Qalaj's statement against practicing religious obligations in the mosque or church by Kosovo police is a statement against the constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, against the laws in power and against human rights.

Director Qalaj must know that both in the US and the EU, police officers and soldiers freely practice their religious obligations during working hours.

In addition to going to the mosque and churches, they also have shrines in camps and police and military stations.

Director Qalaj must keep in mind that Kosovo is a democratic country and not a communist country.

Communism has ended.

Police are pillars of the state of Kosovo.

Any violation of Kosovo police rights is a violation of the state of Kosovo, it is a violation of the blood of martyrs.