Maliqi: The CBK decision without coordination with partners – a mistake

Political analyst Shkelzen Maliqi believes that the decision of the Central Bank of Kosovo to prohibit the use of the dinar, without coordination with international partners, is a mistake.

"I see the CBK decision to ban the dinar, without coordination, as a mistake. But, mistakes are repeated. And, two years ago, we had the same issue with license plates. Even if the decision was made, it should have been harmonized in terms of deadlines, and the groundwork should have been prepared... This is also a kind of provocation, where Kosovo or the Kosovo Government has lost the credits it received after Banjska," Maliqi said for Gazeta Blic.

Maliqi sees this scenario as "securing pawns in domestic politics".

"Kurti came to power with rhetoric against the establishment of the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities. Now he is in a position where he has accepted the 'Ohrid Agreement', so he has to work on everything he opposes, and a new agreement has not been made. The agreement for the Community dates back to the time of Thaci and Mustafa, so he is preparing for elections and I don't know if he has an accurate calculation," Maliqi adds.

He said that European, US, and German diplomats who support Kurti and Self-Determination were "very nervous" because various obstructions prevented stability in the region.