The Weakest Link of Kosovo's Democracy - KFOS

A rhetoric Fight against corruption: 100 Days of
Thaçi Government
Aprill 2008
This is a report on first 100 days of Thaçi 1 government prepared by Organization
ÇOHU! in monitoring the new executive of Kosova. Thaçi government, respectively
the PDK-LDK coalition, has been established at a time when reports on organized
crime and corruption were at a peak. The Kosovar opinion already been so exhausted
with reports on violations, corruption, government failures, power abuse, and total
ignorance of citizens’ problems that elections had become just another tool to confirm
introduction of a prime minister still uncompromised with the power. The only such
larch party left was PDK and its Hashim Thaçi. It was in these circumstances that
Thaçi government had been established with expectations that it would make a turn
towards good governance. It was unimaginable that there could be a worse government
than the preceding one.
What followed after establishment of the current government contained in itself a
fortune and a reward for Mr. Thaçi since the declaration of independence and its recognition
created unfavorable circumstances to properly evaluate the governance of
his cabinet. Nevertheless, at the end of 100 days of governance one could speak of
attempts and activities towards good governance, but as will be seen in this report,
decisions and actions have often favored violations and corruption, the fight against
which stood at the core of PDK’s electoral promises. Hardly anything was done towards
fulfillment of such promise.
In general, this government has campaigned much more on making good first impression
rather than take decisions and actions to keep its promises. Fight against corruption
was a promise, but in fact nothing has been done to fight it substantially. Rather,
there were cases of favoring corruption instead.
The Main Violations That Marked First 100 Days
Short period of time and focus on status resolve could be considered the main obstacles
to fulfill the promises, but such circumstances do not justify intentionally mistaken
and unlawful decisions, to be presented in this report. In the following, the report
will briefly summarize the main achievements and failures of the current government
in its first 100 days.
Main Achievements:
- Tendency to reduce Government’s operational expenses on vehicles,
fuel, and telephones
- Decision for the Board of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency to constitute
completely of international staff and freezing the professor’s
position to the Minister of Education Enver Hoxhaj in order to avoid
the conflict of interest (both of these achievements will be contested
in practice and this will be made clearer in the report on accreditation
of private institutions for higher education)
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