Mustafa shows why red lines were removed against PDK

The first of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, says red lines to the PDK were removed due to difficulties in making solutions, until during an interview given to Kosovo Press, he has also spoken on the presidential post issue.

Mustafa has also talked about the charges filed by the Special Court, and what the first arrests have already begun. He showed why he changed his attitude about the mini-Sengen, where he stressed he is taking care.

The “as far as some elements of the mini-sengen are concerned, I continue to be careful there that the implementation of the mini-sengen. We do not enter into institutionalising mini-sengen as a form of organisation of these Western Balkan countries, in this case there is not yet Montenegro and Bosnia but there are other countries -- Albania, Northern Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo -- separately when dealing with the common market of Western Balkan countries because I have not accepted it before that we have a particular market, but that we are part of the unique market of the EU. As for easing the way we do business, the flow of goods, of people I think it suits us and it does us good. We say that as the concept of the common economic zone that we have discussed in the Berlin process and that they have now named after it as mini-Lagen”, Mustafa said.

Mustafa says the agreement signed in Washington on 4 September between Kosovo and Serbia, where mini-Sengeni was accepted due to confidence in the United States.

And we can't agree with the customs union either, because it also falls into another situation of co-operation with other countries because we have to carry some of the responsibilities of Kosovo institutions to other countries, and there's no one else who can do that. For the rest of it has been accepted and said the prime minister and I think it is and we've accepted it in Washington because they've been mediating the United States and we have faith in them and I can say freely that I haven't accepted how much we've discussed this issue in the Berlin process because it's not stretched out in this form and the meetings that have been held between Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia for the life of this”, he stressed.

Mustafa also commented on Vjosa Osmani's stances against The LDK, until it shows whether there are still seats for the party Mustafa leads.

While speaking of the alleged proposal to the country's first, Hashim Thaci and PDK chairman Kadri Veselini, Mustafa says this could bring about a serious situation, where he stresses that it should not be thought of party interests but of those in the country.

Mustafa has added that he is confident in the clear war of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

Because we haven't talked about it, I can't say whether it's acceptable or not, but what I've said publicly is that the red lines we've put forward those red lines now should be removed even in the current situation, but even when we come to the next election because we're very difficult to make solutions, by isolating or by giving stop-co-operation in some political subjects, especially now the situation which was created before before the warning of the act of the president of the country and the president of the PDK, brought us into a serious situation where we should think more of the country than the interest in connection of the party. I don't want to comment them because they have to remain issues of justice. The only thing I can say is that we have to have faith in justice and appeal that the institutions of justice do it professionally, undirectedly and put justice in place. I have great faith in the pure fight of the Kosovo Liberation Army, and in no case do I see that the court can tarnish this war” through its actions, Mustafa said.

Annie why Vetevendosje has called for PDK support for the motion on the Hoti Government, Mustafa has said he sees no support for the government's collapse initiative.

I can't speak on behalf of the PDK, I've seen PDK statements saying they don't sign motions because they didn't give their signatures when we made the motion to overthrow Kurti Government. [...] Adds to the question whether it needs to go to the elections and lose focus on fighting pandemic and also disrupt the dialogue which has begun and has the chances of closing down and eventually I don't see any support that at the moment may have the Vetevendosje (Pristina) motion, Mustafa said.

Mustafa has denied to have a LDK coalition fluctuation- AAK Social Democrat Initiative.

I can't talk about fluctuation because we have no information or statements that have been made to me as leader of this coalition, because we're the biggest party in this coalition that someone's withdrawing, there's after remarks, disappointments that are publicly expressed, but these are issues that we should naturally take because even discontent, and remarks are part of democratic life. We practice consulting Mr. Haradinaj and Limaj but also Pacolli because he is not directly locked up in Government, he has supported this government and deserves to be consulted and practiced to have connections with it on certain issues, as well as other subjects representing non-partisan parties in the Kosovo Assembly. I am convinced that differences, divisions are much smaller than they are sometimes represented and seen in the opinion”, Mustafa told Kosova Prees.

Long ago, even publicly the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said he would be a candidate for president when the time of choice for the post will come. But, Mustafa has said they have not agreed on office and that this remains to be discussed later.

“When we made the coalition we have not agreed, or discussed the presidential post at all. Aware that with the votes we have calculated we will have as the ruling coalition we cannot make the president... "We like LDK do not have claims to have the position of prime minister and president, but we appreciate that this issue should be discussed more broadly with both coalition parties and PDK and Vetevendosje, because without one of these two political parties, the president cannot be elected. I don't know which one of them has more claims for the president, who has candidates to propose, but also knows that this problem cannot be solved only by candidacy but will be resolved at a table where political subjects will speak and address this issue deeply. We have no reason to say that we are withdrawing from the prime minister's post because someone has the ambition to become president”, Mustafa points out.

Mustafa, during the interview, has also spoken of the positions of Chief Prime Minister Vjosa Osmani, who in the last elections was a candidate for prime minister from the LDK ranks.

Mustafa until he said Osman's future in the LDK depends on it, stressed that he had not expected it not to vote on the Hoti Government.

If you want me to continue in LDK, you have an open opportunity to continue... "We have not expected Mrs. Osmani that we have supported, we have put her at the top of the list of deputies in the campaign, we have given her confidence to be a candidate for the country's prime minister after we haven't won as LDK, I have personally insisted that she take over the seat of Speaker of the Parliament, and of course that Vetevendosje Movement gave up to hold that position and take us. I think we've done everything, and we've done everything in a very principled way and we've fully supported it. Now if Mrs. Osmani thought there was more right to Vetevendosje than LDK is its issue. But we have differences with Vetevendosje, and these differences have caused us to undermine the coalition because of their actions, even in terms of co-operation with the US and dismissal of our minister. They themselves have brought the situation to the collapse of the Government, and in this situation we have not agreed with the public opposition that Ms. Osmani has made for the collapse of the coalition, either by the motion in the Parliament, or by the vote of the government of Hoti, which is the LDK government of which Osmani”, he said.