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EU official warns Kosovo on corruption
Kosovo has made progress on most relevant rule of law issues but fighting organised crime and corruption remains a key challenge, EU Office chief Nataliya Apostolova said at Tuesday’s meeting of the Joint Rule of Law Coordination Board in Pristina.
“What remains to be done in the legislative domain is the swift adoption of provisions concerning suspension and removal of public officials, respectively indicted >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << and convicted for corruption. The required legal provisions for those convicted, have been introduced in the new Criminal Code, which is now before the Assembly of Kosovo. I have also learnt that relevant legal provisions on the suspension of public officials under investigation will be introduced in the new Criminal Procedure Code, which is currently being redrafted. We are looking forward to seeing both codes swiftly adopted by the Kosovo Assembly”, she said.
Speaking about the integration of the judiciary in northern Kosovo, EULEX chief Alexandra Papadopoulou said that the Mitrovica Basic Court needs to be reinforced with measures to resolve language barriers between Kosovo Serb and Albanian judiciary staff, as well as through action plans to tackle the huge load of cases that the newly formed Court faces.
Papadopoulou said that Kosovo still needs to adopt the National Strategy for War Crimes which was recently drafted and urged the appointment of a new director for the Institute of Forensic Medicine so that it can become fully functional.
Kosovo Justice Minister Abelard Tahiri said that corruption is difficult to tackle but is a problem that “we cannot afford to ignore. “”It is of an outmost importance to fight it in order to strengthen the rule of law and create a solid path towards building our European future,” he said. Papadopoulou said the report of Kosovo’s progress in the rule of law - the 2017-2018 Compact Progress Report - would be released in September 2018.
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