EU chief in Kosovo Szunyong openly says to MPs: Change Constitution

EU Office in Kosovo chief Tomáš Szunyog has said that Kosovo and Serbia should make constitutional changes when signing international agreements. He made these comments during his report to the Kosovo Parliament's European Integrity Commission.

“As for Lajcak, I don't mind that when you negotiate international agreements then they are binding agreements and they become legally binding, so these agreements that you signed then you have to change some internal procedures and both countries have to make some constitutional changes because you signed legally binding agreements”, he said, when asked by VV deputy Gazmendpica for Lajcak's statement.

Szunyog has said it is up to Kosovo to establish the Association of Serb majority municipalities, and that the two countries in the future will have to make constitutional changes because of international agreements they have signed.

I know very well that there are agreements since 2013, and the next agreement is 2015, and a Constitutional Court decision and this ruling in no way prevents the creation of association only set limits regarding the 2015 agreement at the end of the decision said that the status of association should be sent back to the Constitutional Court. My question in this case is what is status?

According to him, international agreements are legally binding.

“In the progress report, no progress has been made in this area as regards the establishment of Association. It's up to you to do that, you signed and ratified these agreements with 2/3 in the Assembly, so it's not just an international obligation, and no one's pushing you to do something with your understatement, Szunyog said.

Szunyog presented the report to members of this commission, where he said Kosovo has noted little progress in many areas.

“Raport makes an assessment to the countries of the region and parks how the EU sees the region, where EU members then make their assessment. The role of the Assembly in this context is cruise where it should make the needs for EU membership. In this regard, the Assembly needs to establish a co-operation with the government in the European field. We also expect the decision after the European integration ministry has left. Little progress has been made where we have changed with two governments and a political crisis, which is also caused by pandemic”, he said.

Eliminating the anti-corruption task force is disturbing to the European Union, where the EU chief said fighting crime and corruption remains questioned.

There is little progress in fighting corruption and high profile ones. In this respect, the government's decision to ease its anti-corruption force tax has raised concern about how to fight corruption, and the pandemic has reduced many high profile treatment cases, and this could affect the elimination of the anti-corruption force. Economic development in 2019 has stunned greatly as a cause of indigestion and we are concerned there has been a lot of cost in this” situation, he said.

The criticism also took place in the field of education, where it said it also speaks in the case of the PISA test. He said that depoliticisation of educational institutions should be done.

“Raport is also critical in the field of education where it is reflected even in the P test. ISA, and educational institutions should be depoliticised”, he said.

E Ismet Beqiri spoke of the Association Agreement. He said this agreement has been signed by both sides, including the key point where the Association should be in line with the Constitutional Court.

“Fulfilling these criteria must be done with full co-ordination with all political acts. It's true that we've taken a vow to Association. The Serbian side has also agreed that the Association should be in line with the Constitutional Court, which the Constitutional Court's response we already know, from this agreement has been violated the Constitution in 23 articles”, Beqiri said.

And Vetevendosje Movement MP Gazmend Grandpanka asked for statements by the special emissary for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, who has stated that after the final agreement, the Constitution could be changed.