Witch hunting and government selective justice Kurti

It says: Adri Nurellari

In mid-October, Environment Minister, Space Planning and Infrastructure of Albin Kurti's government said that in Kosovo some 382 thousand and 836 constructions are illegal or over 75% of construction. He also stressed that only the Pristina Community, which has been two mandates under Vetevendosje, has more than 46 thousand construction without permission. But while there are so many illegal constructions across the country, state institutions decided that they would selectively hit the constructions in Brezovica, apparently in hopes of hitting any rival political figure within the framework of Vetevendosje's characteristic strategy to demean and brand anyone opposed.

However, the first December 1st operation last year came down because instead of hitting any rival “, the rival's” seized a large ally's “, because it found that “Stella Consulting”, where co-owner Veton Surroi, has granted 410 thousand euros in bribes to secure construction permits for a hotel and a villa complex. However, this event did not prevent Kurti, to propose and lobby that Veton Surroi be Kosovo's candidate for Regional Co-operation Council Secretary (RCC) for the period 2022-2024. Because typical of Kurt, no matter what he's done in the past “who's with me is a saint, and who comes up against me is devil” However, this first subsidiary did not prevent Kurti from “his heroic sub-SE9> from killing the “corruption quocen” blocking Kosovo from Brezovica, and another pump operation was undertaken over the past month.

From the generation as a political organisation, Kurti's Vetevendosje has shouted that Kosovo is bull “seized” or the thief's “has no state” and sold itself as a prophet who would invade a crusade to introduce thieves into the Dubrava prison, which he would make 12 floors. Whether during the 100 days of the first short-lived mandate or over 600 days of current mandate, Kurti has blocked existing projects and state institutions that run from their daily responsibilities, and committed them to a witch hunt, such as the prosecutor, to find links with corrupters and built files against rivals. He did so with 70 files that the Vetevendosje Movement sent to the prosecutor once it took over Pristina's municipality rule 8 years ago. After all these months, Kurti discovered the capture of the state, which, according to him, caused poverty, unemployment and all the evils of Kosovo, right in Brezovica. Otherwise, “was pregnant in the mountain and threw a rat”. Out of the 12 packed floors of Dubrava and the entire populist rhetoric of Kurti, the charges that have flooded were reduced to 75 weekends in Brezovica.

Through the text, I have no intention of justifying a construction under law. Despite the great love I have for the mountains and the Rugova area in particular, I have personally restrained myself from the great temptation to build in a national park, despite the fact that thousands of others have done so without a thorn in their feet. But I want to point out some fundamental unfair and dishonest aspects in the subx0> populist publicist campaign” of Kurti to hit the “pasanitians of Brezovica villa”. Besides, I also want to expose the political marketing dimension of this topic, which is taking over as a Saga and emerging every 3-4 months, to create the illusion that the government is waging a major fight against violation of the law.

The fact that among 380 thousand illegal constructions the government selected to deal with the 75 constructions of Brezovica provides a classic example of the law's selective implementation. It is also entirely selective where the fight against illegal construction starts with 75 constructions in the suburb of Shtrpce, not the capital, where 46 thousand construction is said to be without permission. Moreover, when it is known that in Pristina, directly responsible were the two current ministers of Kurti, Sveccla and Aliu, who have been municipal directors of inspectorate and urbanism, respectively. Why the action starts in Brezovica in Sharr Park when it's enough to Google the Earth to see satellite photos showing that pastures that are state-owned in Namuna Bedush Park are filled with construction contrary to the law. After all, the one who builds without permission on state property commits a more serious act than the one who builds on private property. The dual standard of law enforcement is also the fact that on the one hand the government calls citizens to be involved in the legalisation process of their buildings without permission, which constitutes an amnest act, and on the other, we have a show of police and crime tape for dozens of construction without permission in Brezovica. It is also selective when the fight against corruption is not against those who abuse public funds that cause maximum damage to the interests of citizens, but is done for construction without permission where the majority of the citizens involved are, remembering Kurti's minister, speaking three quarters of all Kosovo construction.

The symbol of justice, in antiquity with the Roman goddess of justice named Justistia, is portrayed as a woman with her eyes tied together and in one hand the scales and one sword to another. No wonder their eyes are closed, especially to show that justice is blind and that the law treats them all equally. Selective justice does not serve justice, rather it is one of the most serious forms of injustice, because the very institution from which citizens expect impartiality, integrity and integrity is used as political instruments to strike down opponents. The selective justice conflicts with the principle of equality before the law and destroys the rule of law because when justice is caught and exploited for political purposes, we are dealing with the most serious form of capture of the state. There is hardly anything more serious than when justice from which people await solutions is used as a means of depression, blackmail, and threats. Say otherwise via “ally Animal Farm” Orwellan, for this government “, all are equal, but some are more equal than others”.

In the case of Brezovica, we have selective justice in the form of low political revenge. Even though President Thaci is waging a dignified battle to defend the historical truth of the fair and clean war that Kosovo Albanians have made for freedom and independence, the Kurti government is still putting off for granted, producing fraudulent videos and currently dealing with his family by taking two weekends of the president's brothers. Selective justice also concerns the sequencing of the former head and former PDK minister's weekend. Enver Hoxhaj. So in the case of Brezovica “justice” has only one eye closed, to get a better target and to target specific people.

Another problem is dealing with those who have done illegal construction as criminals who have committed untold crimes by keeping them at the media spotlight for days. The uglier show of Brezovica's operation gave the impression as if it were the discovery of a massive scheme of taxpayers' money theft or the destruction of any international drug trafficking network or weapons. Here it must be clarified that the owners of these 380 thousand buildings, including those of Brezovica, cannot be treated as criminals who committed serious acts. They are often ordinary people who have been forced to build these houses on their land without permission because other municipalities and state institutions have been inefficient in managing increased demand and development needs. Here the key word is private property that is sacred to the liberal-democratic system that we have. As a result of the lack of the will and skills of the rulings so far, but also the irresponsability of the pressures of corruption, detailed urban plans that could be developed in tourist areas have been lacking. Here it also highlights the hypocrisy of the state and its institutions where, on the one hand, it tries to attract foreign investors to tourism, even providing almost free state land for strategic investors, and on the other, it violates its citizens who want to invest savings in their private property.

This means that in most cases moral burden and responsibility should be placed on state institutions, rather than on citizens who want to invest in their property, so organising public operations for sequentine or destruction of illegal construction should be regarded as a serious state failure rather than a criminal sin to citizens.

Another problem is to dominate back then communist mentality, to attack rich people with holiday villas or to destroy private property without worrying about economic damage. A responsible government should not rejoice in the destruction of the property of its citizens, but should focus on legalisations to exhumate and circulate the billions Kosovars have invested in construction, even those without permission. Kosovo does not need an accelerated legalisation process for campaigning or destruction of construction without permission. Once an asset is recognised by a ownership legal registry, this asset, whether business or home, can be used as a mortgaged collateral to obtain loans from a bank by generating extraordinary amounts of capital for investments. It can also be used as a guarantee of business contracts, making sure that property wealth is no longer buried in the bricks of cement but released. Besides, if that property is legally owned then it can be sold to investors everywhere on the global market, becoming liquid capital that is circulated into the economy.

Recently, it should be noted that legalising unlicensed objects is in line with the Vienna Declaration for Free Construction, and that Kosovo is also signatories of this international law document aimed at legalising and regulating areas built without relevant documentation. This means that the legalisation issue is not only a social need and economic benefits, but has already turned into an international commitment to the state of Kosovo.