The Weakest Link of Kosovo's Democracy - KFOS

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50 A rETroSPEcTIVE oF ÇoHu! ProJEcTS Retrospektivë e projekteve të Qohu!
cIVIL SocIETy For cLEAn PArLIAMEnT (June – november 2007) When a group of ten non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gathered in 2007 to establish the coalition for clean parliament, they initiated the project “Civil Society for Clean parliament). The coalition started work in July, and the Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS) supported it with the first grant, to be followed by other donors including the Balkan Trust for Democracy (BTD). The project Civil Society for Clean Parliament aimed to establish a parliament clean of corruption, organized crime, and any other illegal activity. The project would implement before the general elections of November 17, 2007, compiling personal histories of candidates from all six major political parties running for Kosova’s national parliament. The histories would be compiled based on criteria set by the coalition. The coalition hired more than 30 independent researchers, most of them experienced journalists from Kosova, to investigate candidates. The researchers compiled histories based on the articles published in national and local media during the past 8 years, but also included information from the reports published by the Auditor general, municipal court decisions, and other credible institutions. Once the researchers had compiled the lists, the coalition established the independent Overseeing Board in October, with the primary mandate to verify and controlled the prepared reports. As a result, the lists were massively edited to create as credible and standing list. In specific cases the researchers were requested to investigate further to prove more credibly the suspected violations by certain candidates. Due to the short period before the elections, the coalition agreed on a preliminary list which was submitted to the political parties in order for them to have sufficient time to respond with facts and counterarguments. All parties, but the two in power at the time (LDK and AAK) responded to the coalition’s list, to be followed by joint discussions phase. The list published on November 4, 2007 numbered less candidates (total of 55) compared to the preliminary list due to the counterarguments the parties had provided in acceptance of the coalition’s initiative “Civil Society for the Clean Parliament.” The coalition had provided the parties with three weeks-time to contest the findings. Besides, the coalition maintained open-doors during election campaign and after the list had been made public. As a result, three candidates had been removed from the list due to the provided arguments. Initiative’s results The coalition’s initiative had a huge echo in Kosovar media all daily newspapers and two national televisions, RTK and KTV, published the list of the candidates unclean for the parliament. As a result, the coalition was regularly on the media throughout the election campaign, either through interviews on the candidates or direct reference to the initiative. In a word, the media gave a valuable impetus to the initiative through 51 The Weakest Link of Kosovo’s Democracy forum 2015
Page 1 and 2: forum The Weakest Link of Kosovo’
Page 3: Table of Contents Introduction 5 Fr
Page 6 and 7: 6 Forum 2015
Page 8 and 9: 8 Constitution of Kosovo and the La
Page 10 and 11: 10 “The aim is that, together wit
Page 12 and 13: 9 12 The tendency to grant absolute
Page 15 and 16: They should be tried! Hasan PrETEnI
Page 17 and 18: Lack of Systematic Legislation for
Page 19 and 20: 19 c) Without this legal infrastruc
Page 21 and 22: eappointment of judges and prosecut
Page 23 and 24: consequences Consequences of draggi
Page 25 and 26: 25 Investigative Journalism From Pr
Page 27 and 28: the Ministry of transport and the M
Page 29 and 30: The graph shows that municipality o
Page 31 and 32: Media reporting on companies close
Page 33 and 34: invested between January 2008 and D
Page 35 and 36: to the municipalities that have alw
Page 37 and 38: MEST and MTPT Award Bids to compani
Page 39: “Preportr “contacted “Bajrama
Page 42 and 43: 42 A comparison between companies t
Page 44 and 45: 44 Euros for a project of “Constr
Page 46 and 47: 46 List of Bid- Winning Companies a
Page 48 and 49: 48 thousand to few million Euros. A
Page 52 and 53: 52 its regular coverage. To convey
Page 54 and 55: 54 Corruption and Organized Crime:
Page 56 and 57: 56 Alliance for Future of Kosova (A
Page 59 and 60: eport on 100 Days of “Çeku” Go
Page 61 and 62: discontent for giving the ministers
Page 63 and 64: and the minister never held himself
Page 65: Post and Telecom of Kosova (PTK) On
Page 68 and 69: 68 Main violations/failures: • Co
Page 70 and 71: 70 vate corporation and as such est
Page 72 and 73: 72 understood due to short time and
Page 74 and 75: *** 74 director of Kosovapress news
Page 76 and 77: 76 Procurement review Body As of Ju
Page 78 and 79: 78 In spite of numerous promises to
Page 80 and 81: 80 the merits of country’s indepe
Page 82 and 83: 82 There is a high likelihood for m
Page 84 and 85: 84 conclusion Public health and edu
Page 86 and 87: 86 itself. Diverse interpretations
Page 88 and 89: 88 Political responsibility So far,
Page 90 and 91: 90 The Auditor has identified a gre
Page 92 and 93: 92 The current battle to capture th
Page 94 and 95: 94 All these people have been remov
Page 96 and 97: 96 PIHEs without prior clarificatio
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100 when appointed or promoted with
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104 former director of KTA, Ahmet S
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106 Still not clear on what basis t
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108 to Environmental Strategic Impa
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110 => Kosova A/B b) Through a deci
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112 offers for Prishtina Airport’
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114 French ambassador provide any a
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116 planes. In addition there have
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