Izvor: N1 televizija, 21.Sep.2018, 19:16 (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)
Kosovo’s PM to President: No one should question Parliament
Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo's Prime Minister, said on Friday that no one, not even President Hashim Thaci, should question the Parliament’s jurisdiction regarding the ratification of international agreements, the Beta news agency reported.
Haradinaj publicly disagreed with Thaci’s idea to include the border change in the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on normalisation of relations.
The opposition in >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << Kosovo also opposes the idea, suspecting it might include a territory swap, and says Thaci is not authorised to negotiate with his Serbia’s counterpart Aleksandar Vucic and that the Brussels-sponsored talks should be transparent and should include Kosovo’s parliament.
Thaci asked the Constitutional court to clarify if it considers an agreement signed by a president as valid, i.e., ratified.
The Court then asked the parliament for an opinion.
Kosovo’s Constitution stipulates that two-thirds of the deputies have to approve any international agreement on issues like territory, peace, alliances, political and military topics, borrowing abroad, etc.
Haradinaj said that “we have never questioned the president's jurisdictions over the ratification of any international agreement.”
“However, the parliament’s jurisdiction should not be questioned either,” he said, adding that the changes of the border would never have his vote.
On the other hand, Vucic speaks about the separation between the Serbs and the Albanians, without specifying what that means.
The European Union is split over the possibility of border changes, with Berlin being firmly against it. The US says that anything the two sides agree on could be acceptable.
Any changes of the border between Kosovo and Serbia must go along the ethnic lines which would hardly be acceptable to the international community which fears domino effect and since it would contradict international law.
That’s probably why Johannes Hahn, the EU Enlargement Commissioner said that “the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina should be specific, adapted and not a precedent.”
