The Albanian Parliament has rejected a request by the Democratic Party (DP) to adopt a resolution condemning, as stated, “Serbia’s genocide against Albanians in Kosovo.”
The vote on this proposal was not announced in detail, but the proposal was defeated, according to Kosse’s Koha report.
DP President Sali Berisha strongly criticized the decision, stating that Albania “should have immediately adopted the Pristina resolution.”
“During 1998-1999, barbaric Serbian forces committed massacres against the unprotected population. To deny this is to be devoid of human, social and national consciousness,” Berisha said from the parliamentary bench, accusing the ruling Socialist Party of “trampling on the victims of genocide” and that Prime Minister Edi Rama is “Vučić’s servant.”
Defense Minister Piro Vengu responded that “no one can share lessons on patriotism when it comes to Kosovo,” recalling that Rama “publicly repeated the demand for recognition of Kosovo in Belgrade,” Koha reported.
Vengu called for national unity and stressed that the government is pursuing “strategic cooperation with Kosovo in development and security.”
Opposition MP Erald Kapri criticized the government for, as he stated, “a lack of coherence in relations towards Kosovo.”
“Kosovo deserves a different approach and greater attention from this parliament, rather than this topic being used for political rhetoric,” he said.
Socialist Uljsi Manja also joined the debate, emphasizing that Rama is “Kosovo’s advocate” in international forums:
“At European and international tables, he asked EU countries to recognize Kosovo’s independence,” Koha reports.
Manja confirmed that PS deputies will participate in the protest march in Tirana in support of the KLA, but “as citizens, not as politicians.”
Republican Party leader Fatmir Mediu announced that he would join the protest march in support of the KLA, stressing that he was going “as a citizen, not a politician.” Tauliant Bala, head of the PS parliamentary group, confirmed that Rama would not attend the rally “so as not to be politicized.”
Tirana is preparing for a massive pan-Albanian protest scheduled for today in solidarity with the former leaders of the “Kosovo Liberation Army” (KLA) who are on trial in The Hague.
The announcement of the rally, organized by the Association of KLA War Veterans, has caused political tensions between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and the Self-Determination Movement (LVV), while Kosovo institutions, including President Vjosa Osmani, have also supported the protest.
Self-Determination disputes Rama’s organization of this protest, accusing him of allegedly supporting the Special Court at the time, while Rama retorts that he regrets that LVV “is mixing the institutional relations of Kosovo and Albania with the second round of local elections.”
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