38 minutes agoDecani Monastery Land: What does today's QUINT reaction tell us?
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)On May 20, 2016, Kosovo's Constitutional Court had brought the verdict that the Decani Monastery is the owner of 24 hectares of land and forest. Since this Constitutional decision, it has not been implemented. The states of Quintus in Kosovo continue to call for its implementation, while governments include this current ʹ refuse [...]
Today it has been six years, since the Constitutional Court of Kosovo made a decision that the Decani Monastery, to be recognised the right to ownership of 24 hectares of disputed land.
This decision has not been implemented, despite the constitutional decisions being binding.
The implementation of the law and respect for judicial independence are the obligations of all democraticly elected governments. Also, they are preconditions for Kosovo democratic consolidation and its integration into European and Euro-Atlantic institutions”There are others in today's response to QUINT countries.
Since QUINT in today's reaction highlightsLaw enforcement and respect for judicial independence are preconditions for Kosovo's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutionsPeter Selimi p.With a expressed opinion about this response, I linked it to Kosovo's application to the Council of Europe, which we today refused to be on the agenda..
The way I'm reading it, and believe me, is the only way to read our key and irreplaceable allies are saying that the implementation of the 2016 court's final decision about the Decani monastery is “parameter” for integration to the Council of Europe, NATO, etc.. A strong message but that's a constant request”, Selimi wrote.
The 2016 Constitutional decision is rejected by the local government of Decani, which refuses to implement it, claiming that the property is owned by social companies “Apico” and “Iliaria” and that it was never of the Decani Monastery. Local authorities in Decani also believe that the Constitutional Court legalised Slobodan Milosevic's decision from 1997, when it decided to donate this property to the Decani Monastery.
On February 4th of this year, Kosovo Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, reiterated his position that the Kosovo Constitutional Court's ruling is based on “discriminatory policy” of the Government of Serbia, 1997.
Kurti said his government would try to preserve the legitimate rights of the Decani Monastery, but added that religious leaders should also do their part, or seek solutions through dialogue and agreement with the local population in Decani.
Chief Parliamentary Glauk Konjufca, had stated in a television debate that it is very problematic to implement such a decision.
The “those who belong to mature states find it highly acceptable and deeply wrong because the state base is when the institution does its job according to competencies. I say he shouldn't be implemented. Because I've entered and studied the legal framework, not the Constitutional Court, but the legal framework of ownership and political decision when it was taken and on which basis the Constitutional Court took it. So it's the first dimension that is scandalous to me”, Conjufca said in Rubik, The Periscope was transliterated.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti, in May 2021, had Requesting dialogue with Decani Monastery chief Sava Janjic.
Janzic had refused Prime Minister Kurti's request for meeting, calling a request Totally meaningless”
Periscope, in the days when this topic was re-actualized, especially with the refusal of Kosovo institutions to implement the decision, had asked the American Embassy for a statement in which we were told that HINAremain in the statement they have issued with all the states of Quintus. /Periscopi
