Tahiri: Government get strategy for protecting citizens from criminal gangs

PDK Parliamentary Group Chairman Abelard Tahiri has condemned last night's attack on Kosovo Police in the country's north.

Tahiri at the Kosovo Assembly session has shown concern for the security of all citizens in the north.

“As PDK's GP, we strongly condemn the attack on the Kosovo Republic Police that occurred last night and resulting in the wound of a police officer”, he said.

Tahiri has demanded that the Government of Kosovo deal with the situation in the north with seriousness and strategically, not react to ad-hoc.

We already have the official confirmation of the presence of criminal gangs, which no doubt originated in Serbia and nowhere else. So we see an extremely big commitment of the Serbian state to get this part of the Republic of Kosovo out of our institutional control. However, the Kosovo government should not take sporadical steps, it should not take ad hoc actions. It should be attentive and there should be a strategy for dealing with this highly problematic area”, Tahiri said.

As for holding elections in the four municipalities in the north, Tahiri said Kosovo more than ever needs a major co-ordination with the US, and the government should not allow citizens there to fall prey to the provocations of criminal gangs.

“All are citizens of the Republic of Kosovo, and under no circumstances should we allow them to fall prey to their gangs and provocations, who do not want to allow them to participate in these elections, to elect their municipal leaders”, Tahiri stressed.