The Weakest Link of Kosovo's Democracy - KFOS

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Main violations/failures:
• Conflict of interest with the candidate Dino Asanaj at the Board of KTA
• Nominating LDK’s deputy chair and Mayor of Istog municipality, Fadil
Ferati, for the KTA Board in spite of promises on depoliticizing
• Contracting the private marketing company that designed and ran
PDK’s last election campaign with 600 000 Euros without prior call for
bids
• Appointing a person close to PDK and suspected of corruption as Acting
Director of Prishtina Airport
• Failure to address energy situation and narrowing own action to accusations
against KEK without a concrete plan or action
• Government’s shut-down from the public by monopolizing the sources
of information
• Failure to protect public companies due to delay on establishing their
boards and due to favoring conflict of interest at the KTA in relation
to PTK
• Selection of former chair of PDK branch in Podujeva as General Director
of Tax Administration of Kosova
• Selection of the candidate with suspected corruption affairs as the
Chief of Central Banking Authority in spite of alarms from the Parliament
• Selection of two candidates as Directors of procurement offices at
the Ministry of Public Services and Ministry of Transport and Telecommunication
although audit report claim of having committed serious
violations
• Failure to keep the ministers’ promises made at the government’s
first meeting that they would resign from their previous engagements
• Worsened public health situation due to personality-based differences
between Minister Gashi and Secretary Tolaj
• Further politicization of public administration
Understandingly neither of these two lists presents all achievements or violations of
the government, but present simple summaries of most important cases Organization
ÇOHU! has identified.
centralized Transparency
A tendency to centralize the communication with public and media features Thaçi government,
contradicting the essential principals of transparency and good governance.
Instead of appointing a spokesperson to maintain relations with media and respond
to their requests for official information, Prime Minister Thaçi has appointed his first
deputy at the party and executive, Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuçi.
Charging Number 2 official with “responsibility for media” speaks of a tendency to
entrust communication with public to his most loyal person, whom he can “control”
but who is also positioned highly in the party and government hierarchy. As such he
is a person who knows what the public “should know.” Media have revealed in the
meantime that the person in charge of media was available only when questioned matters
were affirmative on government’s work and promoted “achievements” and plans.
But he never responded when journalists investigated corruption and government’s
abuses.