Albin Kurti declares <x0 May” NATO presence, but the Constitution itself recognises the superior authority in Kosovo

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, trying to invent media themes to avoid the removal of the fee, has today surprised his and his legal team's ignorance.

Calling to a 2013 correspondence by former Prime Minister Hashim Thaci with the former KFOR commander in Kosovo and former Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, whom he has interpreted as the secret “agreement at the expense of Kosovo, has claimed to have discovered the hot “ “, but that in truth that literature is nothing more than a commitment of Thacioche as prime minister that the KSF sends to NATO solely.

It is noteworthy that in 2013, Kosovo institutions, led by the Thaci Government, were making a strategic review of the security sector, where among the highlights of this revision was the 10-year transformation of the KSF into the Kosovo Armed Forces through constitutional changes. At that time, NATO agreed with this constitutional change, but called for pledges from Kosovo institutions that they will not make the Kosovo Army's landing in the north without an agreement with NATO during this transition period.

Like Kurti and his legal advisers, who with this letter claim that Thaci has made constitutional violations to take the defeat and read the Kosovo Constitution first, at Article 153 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo [the International Military Presence], the chairman of the International Military Presence, respectively, the commander of KFOR, who responds directly to NATO's Secretary General, is recognised by the final authority in the operational zone in regard to NATO's performance of duties, according to Ahtisaari's few.

Whatever the other provisions of this constitution, the International Military Presence has the mandate and competencies defined by relevant international instruments, including UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and the General Proposal for Kosovo Status Resolution, March 26th 2007. The head of the International Military Presence, in accordance with the Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Resolution, March 26th 2007, is the final authority in the operational zone in terms of interpreting those aspects of the agreement mentioned refer to the International Military Presence. No authority of the Republic of Kosovo has any jurisdiction to review, reduce or otherwise limit the mandate, competencies and obligations referred to in this sub”, says under the Constitution of Kosovo.

Also, the Kosovo Declaration of Independence itself clearly states at 5th point that we invite and welcome an international civilian presence to oversee the implementation of the Ahtisaari Plan and a mission of the rule of law led by the European Union.

“NATO to retain the lead role in the international military presence and implement the responsibilities granted to the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and the Ahtisaari Plan, until the Kosovo institutions are able to assume these responsibilities. We will fully co-operate with these presences in Kosovo to ensure peace, prosperity and stability in the future in Kosovo”, the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Kosovo says.

Moreover, the document Kosovo's own independence was announced very clearly defines the role of the international military presence in Kosovo.

Ahtisaari Plan article 13 presents role and mandate NATO in Kosovo and the superiority this international force has in relation to local security institutions, where neither KFOR military intervention to eliminate any obstacles they may face during the implementation of its mandate in Kosovo. While, on the xI annex of this same plan, there are also in detail the tasks and responsibility KFOR has in Kosovo.

Out of the indictment of Kosovo's new prime minister for the constitutional obligation he has, within a very short period, Kurti himself will be obliged to make the same vow as his predecessor Hashim Thaci has faced NATO, otherwise NATO will be forced to consider other options to realise its mission in Kosovo given to UN Security Council Resolution 1244.