Petronijevic: Kurti abuses the law, he should face sanctions

Albin Kurti should face sanctions for failing to respond to summonses from the Special Prosecutor's Office, lawyer Goran Petronijevic told Kosovo Online.

Media outlets reported that the Kosovo Prime Minister had received his third summons for questioning from the Kosovo Special Prosecutor's Office on December 30. Petronijevic says that Kurti's behavior demonstrates that in Kosovo, "the law is more equal for some."

"This is typical of pre-political societies that lack institutional awareness. No matter how much they aspire to be a state, it will be hard to achieve that when such things happen," Petronijevic said.

He believes Kurti should face sanctions for not responding to the first two summonses from the Special Prosecutor's Office.

"Of course, sanctions and even arrest should follow. As far as I know, Kurti asked the prosecutor's office to postpone everything until after the elections," Petronijevic said, also reminding of the case against Kosovo's Minister of Police, Svecla, who faces prison time for throwing tear gas in the Pristina Assembly.

"This highlights a kind of political nepotism and inequality. Someone currently in power oppresses others while protecting themselves. This characteristic and behavior demonstrate that Kosovo will never truly be a state in the real sense of the word. This territory, which aspires to be a state, is unlikely to achieve that. On one hand, there are all these indictments against Serbs for seeking to reclaim their property, while on the other, Kurti ignores summonses from the prosecutor's office. This reflects a lack of any legal certainty for the citizens of that area. If the Prime Minister can undermine the law, what can others expect?" Petronijevic emphasized.