Millions of euros “frozen” are expected to be unblocked Thursday by MPs

At Thursday's session in the Kosovo Assembly, it is expected to receive the green light of five international agreements, which the country will bring about 200m euros. To achieve this, the minimum majority in the Assembly will also come to the side of the opposition. In order to secure the vote of over 81 deputies, as much as [...]
To achieve this, the minimum majority in the Assembly will also come to the side of the opposition. In order to secure the vote of over 81 deputies, as much as is needed for the ratification of international agreements.
The largest opposition party, the Vetevendosje Movement, will not block them. Meanwhile, its “ally” PDK has not yet defined how it will operate during this week's session.
And in former Prime Minister Kurti's party, they expressed they would push ahead with legislative initiatives, for which people's elected to this mandate have been rigid.
Vetevendosje Movement parliamentary group chief Rexhep Selimi tells Kosovo Press that at the plenary session, they will not act with the blocking approach like other parties.
We will not do what the LDK has done, PDK, AAK, Initiative, Srbska and others. We won't block those that are necessary even now, just like they were when we wanted to vote. We have the same attitude, both for support and for proceeding. Despite having lost a time as a result of blocking others. We're not going to do that, we're gonna argue that we're going to do it principally. Our objections will be in principle and based on arguments, not on political blockades because of option”, he says.
While Kosovo Preress has tried to take a stance from the PDK, its spokesman, Avni Bytyci, has indicated that they have not yet decided how they will act during Thursday's session.
Meanwhile, Albert Krasniqi, from “Democracy Plus”, tells Kosovo Press that on the basis of past practices, the adoption of these international agreements will not be a problem during Thursday's session.
The international agreements are an issue requiring 2 of the deputies' votes. It requires a broader consensus than a simple parliamentary majority. These agreements have been collected since Mr Haradinaj, who have been unable to ratify in the Assembly. Mostly there are issues with financial agreements, financing projects and co-finance. As such, they have usually had no problem and tried from all political subjects. I don't believe he'll be in trouble to secure the votes needed for ratification of these agreements. Also, some of them have been negotiated by the Kurti government. I believe that the Vetevendosje Movement itself will support”, he says.
That there have been procrastination of these bills, Kosovo Parliament Speaker Vjosa Osmani said on Monday.
“are bills that have been waiting for a long time in the Assembly. Because the consensus in the past did not exceed”, she had said.
Under these international agreements are loans, co-finance and donations in combating the Comid-19 pandemic. While two other agreements, one with the World Bank around 50m euros have not been processed for this week in the Assembly.
The head of the Assembly at Monday's meeting continued to think in the government, as well as four legal initiatives of the Assembly dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemia Prevention and Combating Bill to ease the effect of Pandemia “CO VID 19”, the Bill on Fulfilling and Changing the Law on Public Finance Management, as well as on protecting the values of the Kosovo Liberation Army.












