Tahiri: With this government, Kosovo will remain before Council of Europe doors

These comments, Tahiri made after statements by German Ambassador Joern Rohde, where he criticised Kosovo for disrespecting the Constitutional Court's decision on the properties of the Decani Monastery.
He has added that without respecting the court's decisions, Kosovo cannot become a member of the Council of Europe.

Kosovo is the only state that is not a member in Europe, even though some states have recently left, but that the only difference has to do with the best way to achieve this goal as quickly as possible, and we have publicly said that the Council of Europe is a rule of law organisation and that not implementing the judgment of your Supreme Court is a clear violation of the rule of law, and not the best way to achieve this goal as possible” Rode said.

Kosovo is a democratic state and in a democratic state you have a guarantor of the constitution that is the Constitutional Court and this court has issued an all-powerful decision and if you want to become Council members and you don't act properly that's not the recipe to become a member” he said further.

He added that, “Time has come to have a situation where all sides -- Pristina, Decani and Strasbourg -- will be winners and that tells us all, do it now and then you can get considerable number of votes to become a member of Council”.

According to the ambassador, if Kosovo does not pass the Parliamentary Assembly it is not a good sign of making a quick decision.

“... Let me repeat that we want Kosovo to become a member of the Council of Europe because there is a huge sympathy for Kosovo for it to become a member, but now it is up to Kosovo to do its part on the road to membership in the Council of Europe, and I don't want to repeat the calls of all international organisations or governments, but that Decani is an occasion that must be carried out” the German ambassador to Kosovo.

He also spoke of the position of Decani municipality chairman Bashkim Ramosaj, who has said they will never respect that decision.

“I don't want to go into debate whether the mayor is right, every citizen and every Kosovo mayor has a right to think or critical, but in any democratic state the court decisions have to be implemented and that's all this is res Judicaca, something finished, what politicians say or don't say anything, but if the court decisions don't apply this undermines the court's authority and you can have all possible thoughts about whether the court was right or was corrupt, we also had similar discussions in Germany when 1994 The Constitutional Court ruled that all of Stalin's expropriations during the 1945-1949 period could not be affected were millions of hectares in eastern Germany, not 24 hectares but millions of hectares and many people did not welcome the court's decision, but that the decision was approved and implemented. That's where he ends the” story.

In 19,05.2016, the Constitutional Court of Kosovo had decided on the return of 24 hectares of land, the Decani Monastery.

The same request with the German ambassador was made by the chief of the European Union Office in Kosovo, Thomas Szunyog, in 23.01.2024.

This year it is two years since Kosovo has submitted membership application to the Council of Europe.

The Council of Europe is an international human rights organisation, democracy and rule of law in Europe, headquartered in Strasbourg, France.

This organisation plays an important role in the process of expanding the European Union by supporting countries interested in carrying out reforms in line with human rights standards, democracy and the rule of law, as long as these reforms are necessary for closing enlargement.

It was founded in 1949 and advocates freedom of expression and media, equality and minority rights in member states.

The organisation assists various countries in fighting corruption and terrorism and in implementing needed judicial reforms. /Periscopi/