Buja: PDK made major missteps

Former Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) MP Shukri Buja said that his party had made major political missteps, including changing its position on the constitution of the Assembly and the establishment of institutions, Teve 1 reports.

“The Democratic Party made some very serious missteps here,” Buja said.

He recalled that the PDK had initially taken a clear position that it would not enter into political agreements on the establishment of institutions and would remain in opposition.

“However, that position was changed on the condition that there would be a vote on amendments to the Law on the Specialist Chambers, as well as a vote on the president,” Buja recalled, according to Teve 1.

The amendments to the Law on the Specialist Chambers, initiated by the PDK, were adopted at the beginning of last month as part of an agreement on the election of the president—Self-Determination voted in favor of the legislative amendments, while the PDK voted for the election of Justina Shiroka-Pula as president. This came despite then-PDK leader Bedri Hamza announcing, following his meeting with Albin Kurti after the June elections, that his party would remain in opposition and would not participate in any agreements concerning the election of the president.

Meanwhile, former KLA leaders were sentenced by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague to a combined total of 81 years in prison for war crimes. Dissatisfied with the work of the court, the PDK subsequently proposed amendments to the law. The amendments, however, could not have been adopted without the support of a parliamentary majority.