The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ardian Gjini, said his party had opposed bringing the law on the Special Court back to parliament for reconsideration, stressing that the move had brought Kosovo no tactical, strategic or legal benefit.
He urged the public debate not to focus solely on this issue, but also to address other problems that are making citizens’ lives harder every day and undermining the functioning of the state.
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Gjini: Kosovo gained nothing from bringing the Special Court law back
“I understand that the public is interested in the law, but the Alliance did not agree with bringing it back to parliament. We do not believe Kosovo has gained anything tactically, strategically or legally. We will make our other positions public later. Nevertheless, please, we must not forget all the issues that are making citizens’ lives harder every day and completely degrading the state of Kosovo. They are deeply damaging our state, simply because someone has taken up another issue and is ignoring the essential ones. The law is extremely important for Kosovo and its future, but I believe our country must not lose sight of the other issues. As long as all of us focus on just one issue — one on which they have, in a sense, thrown up their hands for seven or eight years and done nothing at all — they feel very comfortable because they have used another issue to conceal the entire corrupt and kleptocratic system in Kosovo. We must address other matters too. We cannot ignore what will happen in Kosovo, because these issues affect us as well. We cannot even have proper diplomacy if we spend 260 million euros a year buying electricity. Meanwhile, our embassy in Washington does not have enough funding even to buy someone a coffee,” Gjini said.
Gjini went on to accuse the Kosovo government of deliberately sabotaging the tender to repair the boiler of Unit B2 at the Kosovo B power plant.
According to Gjini, the procurement process ended without a winning bidder being named, and the planned repair was not carried out.
He warned that this could lead to further interruptions in electricity generation, as the unit may have to be taken out of service for repairs.
“You know that Kurti went before Kosovo’s parliament about three years ago and lectured lawmakers and citizens about boilers and filters. Now let me tell you something. They deliberately caused the tender for the boiler repair to fail, even though the repair was planned to be completed by the end of this year. They opened the tender and closed it without a winner in order to learn the bid prices — a serious corruption scandal. They have received complaints, and Kurti’s boiler remains unrepaired,” Gjini said.
He announced that the AAK would request a parliamentary interpellation on the matter.
Gjini reveals the issue on which the AAK will seek a government interpellation
“What happens now? Once again, either in December, January or February, we will have to take our largest generating unit out of service to repair the boiler that was discussed by the person leading the biggest deception in Kosovo’s history. The Alliance will request a parliamentary interpellation with the Kosovo government on this issue,” he said.
At the same news conference, Gjini also commented on the case of a cancer patient who, according to media reports, died because treatment was unavailable.
He stressed that responsibility for the shortage of medicines in public healthcare institutions rests entirely with the Kosovo government.
Gjini: Government is responsible for medicine shortages
“If medicines are missing from our clinics, only the Kosovo government is to blame. Let us follow the chain: it may include a department head, one of the directors running the system, a permanent secretary, a ministry, the prime minister, the procurement office — anyone. But these institutions form a pyramid that reaches the head of government,” Gjini said.
The AAK leader also demanded an accounting of how budget funds allocated to healthcare are being spent.
“Where is all that extra money added to the healthcare budget going? Where is it going, and who is stealing it?” he asked.
