Kurti promises Civil Code vote in Berlin, forgets he is rejected by his countrymen

To that end, Kurti said it is one of two “things that must happen” for Kosovo to succeed in its application for membership in the Council of Europe.

The prime minister in Berlin made a strong pledge that it would provide Kosovo citizens with the right to civil unions of the same gender.

But Kurti seems to have forgotten that he has a problem even with some of his party's deputies, who refuse to vote in favour because of this article. And to achieve that, he is also looking for opposition votes.

Kosovo will soon aim to become the second country in the Western Balkans, after our neighbours Montenegro, offering its citizens the right to civil unions of the same gender. We will work hard to get through this in the very near future. For this I will personally build a parliamentary majority and call for broad support from opposition parties. The government's meeting decision on the issue has already been taken”.

Kurti said this will be done since he demands that the European Court of Human Rights until the demand for Kosovo membership in the Council of Europe is under way.

We do this because it's a right, because it's a right, because it's in our constitution and because we know that the European Court of Human Rights has issued judgments demanding that this be done. We know there are places in the Council of Europe for a long time that have ignored the court for that. Kosovo will be different. That's how we want to inspire others”, Kurt said.

14 Vetevendosje deputies had voted against the Civil Code.

Ruling party MPs did not vote for this draft code, some even chose the most offensive words against the LGBTI+ community./ALBINA ZARIQI-Periscope