The criticism of Osman for withdrawing from the Constitution, all he said yesterday.

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani has indicated yesterday that she has withdrawn the application submitted 22 July to the Constitutional Court, related to the interpretation of the Assembly's constitutional session. At a media conference Tuesday, she said the decision to withdraw the application came after Serbian Judge Radomir Laban was appointed as rapporteur on the issue.

According to Osmani, this judge has been identified by Kosovo security institutions as a person who poses a danger to national security, based on reports of 2018, 2050 and 2017.

This attraction was necessary. It is unacceptable that the constitutional order of the Republic of Kosovo is protected by someone who, according to our security institutions, endangers that order”, the president said.

She explained that Judge Laban was appointed in 2018 and that the procedure for the dismissal of a Constitutional Judge is complicated, since it requires the vote of two-thirds of the members of the Court, which does not give the presidency access to direct intervention.

Osmani called on MPs to, after declaring judgments in cases initiated by the PDK and the LDK, seek additional clarification by the Constitutional Court if uncertainty remains.

The “Deputies of the Republic of Kosovo have full mandate to address the Constitution, especially after decisions to be published. I hope that on such sensitive issues it will not be determined again as the same judge as the rapporteur”, she said.

The president stressed that he would not encourage any institutions to leave an issue in the hands of the Constitutional if the rapporteur were a suspicious figure for national security.

President Osmani also commented on the work of the Special Court, citing the fact that it accepts materials and evidence sent by Serbia.

The “is extremely problematic for a court created by Kosovo to accept evidence from a state like Serbia, which has systematically produced counterfeit materials against the Albanian people and the KLA. These are attempts to rewrite history”, Osmani said.

She underlined that Kosovo institutions have officially raised concerns about the use of these evidence and called for unity in defence of the liberation war values.

President Osmani had submitted a request to the Constitution for interpretation of the consequences if the Assembly is not held within the 30-day deadline. That requirement came after the end of the 26 July deadline, while the Constitutional Court has imposed a temporary move banning further actions of MPs until August 8th.

Currently, the Court is considering the demands submitted by the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) regarding the process of constitutionalising the Assembly./Periscopi/