Kosovo Democratic Party Parliamentary Group Chief ( The PDK, Arian Tahiri, has criticised the institutional situation in the country, relying on findings of the European Commission Report, which it said represents an institutional assessment of Kosovo’s progress and should not be seen as a document in the service of party interests.
During a discussion on the Progress Report, Tahiri stressed that European institutions’ assessments of shortcomings in democracy, justice, economy and institutional functioning should serve as reasons for reflection, not for reasoning.
He singled out European Commission warnings of institutional paralysis and limited executive supervision, saying these issues directly affect the quality of democracy in Kosovo.
The European Commission records the prolonged institutional paralysis and limited executive supervision. These are warnings about the quality of our democracy. A government may have votes to make decisions, but it does not give the state the right to treat as political property, he said.
Tahiri added that the country needs institutions that function in the interest of citizens and not in the service of power.
We do not need institutions that serve power, but for a power that serves institutions, he has indicated.
Speaking of the situation in the justice system, the chief of the PDK Parliamentary Group said the report did not verify progress in functioning the judiciary. In his view, it also concerns warnings of unjust influences on independence of justice.
Furthermore, the report warns of unjust effects on independence of justice. A citizen who does not believe that he will be treated equally before the law cannot have confidence in the institutions leading him, Tahiri has declared.
Finally, he also spoke of the need for economic development, stressing that the budget should be considered, not a success in itself, but a means to create development. According to him, Kosovo needs an economic transformation.
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