Solana and Feith agree no need for elections in 2009
EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and EU Special Representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith have agreed that it would be good if in 2009 there were to be no general elections in Kosovo, the Pristina-based daily in Albanian language Zeri reports.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The paper says that after a careful consideration of this issue, Brussels has reached a conclusion that due to certain political and economic reasons, it would be good if no general elections were held in Kosovo during 2009.
One of the main reasons for this position of the highest EU officials, as Zeri reports, is related to the privatization of public companies (Kosovo Energy Corporation, Post and Telecom of Kosovo, Pristina Airport) and the termination of the tender for the election of a consortium which would build an electric power plant, the power of which is expected to be as much as 2000 megawatts.
The paper assessed that with this attitude the European officials have supported the stand of President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim Tachi not to hold the elections this year.
At the same time the oppositional political scene of Kosovo seems to be uniting against Sejdiu's decision not to hold parliamentary elections in 2009, as it was originally envisaged by the package of former international mediator Martti Ahtisaari.
