The cow’s case, which entered the court of the Court in Gracanica, while its owner ended up in a 48-hour ban at the Prosecution Command, is much more than an unusual event.
This case, if the reported circumstances are confirmed, shows a disturbing disproportionate in the response of law and law bodies and raises serious questions about how the prosecutorial authority is exercised in Kosovo.
It is unacceptable for citizens to create the impression that justice institutions have more energy to punish a citizen for such an incident than to deal with serious crimes, corruption and abuses of power.
This case should not be turned into a mockery because the freedom of a citizen and the responsibility of institutions follow.
The citizens ‘ response has become even more significant through an ironic expression that is being circulated in opinion:
She’s a cow and she’s in the court of the Court, and I’m never going in! )
This sentence, however ironic it may seem, is a sad reflection of the loss of citizens ‘ faith in righteousness.
When a citizen begins to perceive the court, not as an institution requiring justice, but as a space from which to maintain distance, then we have a problem far greater than an incident with an animal.
So three fundamental questions are asked:
1. What were the concrete legal reasons that made it necessary to deprive the cow’s owner of freedom?
2. Has the principle of proportionality been applied and alternative measures considered?
3. Will the State Prosecutor ask for responsibility and institutional clarification on this decision?
Kosovo does not need to demonstrate authority towards citizens, but for institutions that testify to professionalism, integrity and equality before the law.
For a cow may enter the court of the Court, but the belief of the citizens in righteousness should not end in restraint!
Source Layer: Insander