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By passing amendments to the Law on the Specialist Chambers, Kosovo’s parliament has taken the wrong approach to supporting former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders sentenced by the Hague-based court in September.
Following the war crimes convictions of former KLA leaders in The Hague, Kosovo’s assembly passed a bill attempting to curb the court’s powers. The bill now returns to the assembly for reconsideration.
Justina Shiroka-Pula was inaugurated as Kosovo’s president after parliament elected her by a majority vote on Tuesday evening.
In a last minute save, Kosovo MPs avoided another snap parliamentary election by voting for a former minister from Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, for President.
New election likely as political parties fail to agree on electing a president and protesters keep up pressure for adoption of law curbing powers of Kosovo Specialist Chambers, following its conviction of wartime guerrilla leaders.
