Emini: Amendments to Specialist Chambers Law have become a bargaining chip within PDK

The amendments to the Law on the Specialist Chambers have become a subject of political bargaining within the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), and recent developments within the party further reinforce that impression, political analyst Donika Emini believes.

“It is impossible not to consider that possibility—that the law was used for internal party battles. We have seen how both the law and this extremely important process were used as a tool for political bargaining. On the night of the presidential election, it was traded as part of a political bargain and pushed through in a highly problematic manner,” Emini said, according to Koha.

However, she noted that the decision to withdraw the adopted amendments may also have resulted from pressure from international partners, given the numerous reactions.

“The fact that the law was initially submitted and that the PDK itself subsequently requested its withdrawal was probably the result of pressure, because there were reactions from allied countries—the very same countries that the PDK has often defended while criticizing the Kurti Government and accusing it of destroying both us and our relations with our allies,” Emini observed.

She noted that the withdrawal of the adopted amendments was accompanied by “personal score-settling” within the PDK at a time when the party was going through a serious political crisis.

“This clearly shows that the party leadership recognizes a fundamental problem concerning its future. That is why it appears that all of this is being used for internal party bargaining,” she explained.

Emini disagrees with the manner in which the PDK is attempting to resubmit the amendments for adoption.

“They are seeking the support of other parties in order to challenge the President’s decision—a decision that the PDK itself requested. This could create problems between the institutions. The Assembly is effectively being forced to override the President’s decision,” Emini warned.

She believes there should be no rush on the issue.

“They need to come to their senses and must not rush. Two weeks is not enough,” Emini added.