Kurt gives the letter to the Court: The prosecution has political motives. I'm willing to testify in my office.

This was after the Special Prosecutor had asked the Court to order Kurt to go and testify.

In the long letter issued by the Government spokesman for Progress Kryeziu, Kurti has reportedly never turned down the invitation.

Even, in Kurt's response, he's willing to testify, but in his office.

Kurti has also accused the Special Prosecutor of having political, not legal, motives. Furthermore, he has mentioned examples in America, where presidents have been interviewed in their offices.

Paper without interference:

Full response of the Prime Minister's Office to the Constitutional Court in Pristina:

Honourable Judge Kurtaj,

With respect and seriousness belonging to such a process, on behalf of Republika Srpska Prime Minister Albin Kurti, the prime minister's office wants to express clearly and without equivocy the prime minister's position regarding the special prosecutor's invitation and the Court's announcement on the prime minister's required testimony on the state reserve issue.

Please for your attention on the fact that the prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo has never refused to give his testimony on the matter in question. This has been made clear through letters that the Prime Minister's Office has sent to the Prosecution in response to their invitation for presentation. Furthermore, the prime minister's office has provided more than two options on dates and timing of interviewing, so as to show its readiness to answer any questions any prosecutor or official responsible could ask about any issue the prime minister knows about and is related to the work of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo. He has expressed full willingness to co-operate with justice and to respect the principle of transparency and accountability. However, given the specific circumstances of the case and the institutional position it holds, the prime minister has demanded that the interview be conducted in his offices -- a practice that has happened even before in similar cases in Kosovo and even wider. The prosecution has not responded to any proposal of the prime minister's office, therefore has given no reason why it is impossible to interview the prime minister in the proposed dates and environment. This indicates a clear lack of will to enable a testimony that, according to the prosecution's claims, is necessary to conduct investigations into the case in question. If there was a will to interview the prime minister, such an interview would have been conducted months ago, with one of the dates proposed by the prime minister's office itself.

Second, this attitude is neither a deviation from the process nor a attempt to seek special treatment. It is based on some inherent factors, including:

1. The institutional view and respect for the position of prime minister, the country's prime minister, is the country's top executive representative. For this reason, his schedule should be taken into account, as much as continued institutional commitment and even on the ground. The prime minister is a servant to the citizens of the country, and his agenda is busy. Furthermore, we ask the Court to pay close attention to the fact that the prime minister is invited to testify in the case of state reserves investigated, as presented by the Special Prosecutor related to which the Supreme Court has rejected any allegations of criminal acts exercised through abuse of official authority or other.

2. Founded Presidents ) have documented cases in Kosovo but even wider (former French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac or former US President Bill Clinton), where senior institutional officials have been interviewed in their environments rather than in the Prosecutor. Denying this fact by the prosecution does not change reality nor can it stop applying a practice that has existed and can be applied again. The public has been well informed about the violent departure of prosecutors from the Government building of the Republic of Kosovo, by prime ministers who have refused any kind of co-operation contrary to any legal standards. But it seems their power in the face of the prosecution has held back the same. Prime Minister Kurti, past his powerful and public positions on corruption and the existing crime about the Special Prosecutor, has refused to face institutional responsibilities and has agreed to testify. In respect to himself in the first place and then the prime minister, aimed at obtaining the necessary information within the investigation he has opened, the Special Prosecutor is welcome every time at the Prime Minister's Office and every ministry, agency or other government body.

3. The political nature of the invitation has strong doubts that this call from the prosecution has no legal but political motive. The prosecution has failed for years to prosecute high-profile corruption cases and instead of addressing these problems, is trying to create a false perception against the prime minister. This has also been motivated by the prime minister's public stance against Mr. We buy Isufaj as chief state prosecutor. Consequently, we cannot see any special prosecutor's actions as politically motivated and publicly unreasonable. Therefore, in order to restore public confidence in independent and impartial institutions of justice, just as any citizen of the Republic of Kosovo and Prime Minister Kurti wants to see, the Honourable Court must consider every detail related to the prosecution's invitation and act based on the circumstances of the case, since it requires legislation in power and the impartial judgment of a fair judge. Therefore, to avoid political manipulations and unnecessary speculation, the prime minister has requested a clear and direct form of co-operation.

4. The current governance and commitment to rule of law this is the Government that has fought corruption, as evidenced by the situation on the ground, but also by institutions of credit organisations such as Transparency International or World Justice Project. The independence of the justice system has only gone up, because there is no political interference on the part of this government in the judiciary and no other justice institution belonging to the public and citizens of the country. For the first time in Kosovo, it is happening for high-level officials to follow the path of justice, and no one has immunity from law. But that does not mean that we will accept political instrumentisation of justice by those who do not want an independent and impartial system.

5. Finally, but not by importance, it should be emphasized that the prosecution's interview could be conducted as early as December 2024, when invitations were made. However, the prosecution has chosen that, instead of efficiency, it will waste time at the expense of completing the investigation procedure, prolonging every action and remaining without significant results for the public, only to achieve political, harmful and unforgivable projections for an independent justice system.

Taking into account the earlier, the prime minister's office stresses once again that the prime minister has been and remains willing to give his testimony. His request for this to happen in the environments of the Prime Minister's Office is fully reasonable and cannot be interpreted as deviation from justice. In light of this, we respectfully request from the Court to impose the Special Prosecutorship on the required testimony within the prime minister's office.

Thank you.