Kurti Reiterates Community of Serb Municipalities Will Not Pass, Abdixhiku Calls Kurti's Words a Fairytale

Aljbin Kurti (BETAPHOTO/European Council/Zucchi Enzo/DS)

During a debate on the Agreement on the path to normalization between Serbia and Kosovo in the Kosovo Assembly late on March 2, Kosovo Premier Albin Kurti repeated the phrase "the Community will not pass," but the opposition accused him of having already accepted it. 

"The Community has passed here in the Assembly. It is not passing. It has not been supported by the Constitutional Court. It has not been accepted by the people. The Community is not passing with the premier or with the government," said Kurti.

He further said that the matter of forming the Community/Association of Serb-majority Municipalities was what Serbia demanded the most in the dialogue.

"When I meet with the Serbian president in Brussels, all he says is 'the Community' and nothing more," said Kurti.

President of the opposition Democratic League of Kosovo Lumir Abdixhiku called Kurti's late night speech "a fairytale."

"We just heard the story about how Kurti has not changed. The man who demanded 'not negotiations but self-determination' has not changed. The man who asked for an apology before the dialogue has not changed. The one who sought confrontations with the past and who eventually overcame history. The one who demanded recognition has ended up with neutrality. The man who had six conditions has ended up without a single one," said Abdixhiku.

The opposition MPs accused Kurti that by accepting the European plan he had abandoned the promise he had made in the election campaign.