Radakovic: Kurti is buying time before the international community; three months is insufficient for a solution

Executive Director of the NGO Advocacy Center of Democratic Culture from North Mitrovica, Dusan Radakovic, assesses for Kosovo Online that three months is insufficient to find a solution for the use of the dinar and adds that in this way Kurti is simply buying time before the international community.

As he notes, the situation is "very strange", and the CBK is issuing some brief statements and providing a phone number that cannot be called from MTS numbers.

"Believe me, three months is insufficient if there is no political agreement through Brussels to find a solution, primarily for pensioners, for social benefits, and for everything else. We will remain people living across the entire territory of Kosovo, but people in small communities, in villages, will have problems not knowing how to receive the pension they earned for 40-50 years or social benefits. So, if a solution can be found in those three months, then it's okay. But I fear that these three months are just buying political time, as we have had many examples in the past, like with the petition. I am afraid that these three months will only serve to satisfy the international community, without any plan on how a pensioner in Gorazdevac, Mitrovica, Gracanica can receive their pension or social benefits," Radakovic emphasizes.

He states that in this way Kurti will only "strengthen his positions" and adds that there have been many decisions so far where only time was bought, and nothing crucial changed.

"It's not just a problem with the dinar, we have problems with hospitals, schools, municipalities, medications, the functioning of healthcare, and sports clubs. There are many issues that people need to address, how Serbian institutions will function here, the rectorate, public procurement, all of that needs to be regulated," Radakovic concludes.