Four years of supervised independence

But this could not be done without the help of an international factor. One of the protagonists of this development, the leader of the unity team, Fatmir Sejdiu, reminds that for the first time they heard about Kosovo’s state model in September 2006. Today, from that supervised independence, it gives a softer term on the international scale: independence supported by the international community.

“In this period we have had concerns about what could happen, and we have expressed them in different ways, especially for most of them that were made to Kosovo, pressures that had the idea to go beyond the reasonable. I have said even earlier that the idea of Kosovo as an independent state with international supervision was told to me at first by President Ahtisari on September 2006, when we were thinking about a way to close the process, despite the developments that could be part of the efforts to prolong it. We are witnesses of that time, and it was necessary to continue it until 2007 for reaching independence in 2008”, declared Fatmir Sejdiu, former President of Kosovo.

In fact, it wasn’t easy to arrive at this point, especially when we take in consideration the strong legal guarantees that were to be given for the minorities, especially for the Serbs. This has added the dilemma if Kosovo is a state where the minorities have disproportional rights to their number.

“I have supported this idea and its basic form is that Kosovo is a country of its people, a country that doesn’t create dominant privileges for someone, because it would be obliged to tighten the system or something like that, but a country that brings special guarantees even for the minority, but by implementing the will of the majority, because a country wouldn’t be successful if the majority doesn’t enjoy that”, Sejdiu declared.

Reality showed that not the entire Serbian minority accepted the offer, despite the positive discrimination. The northern of Kosovo remains an area where the power of law is seen rarely. Even after the end of the international supervision, the international forces will remain in Kosovo. New guarantees are expected for the Serbs in a new dialogue process with Serbia.

This situation fades the image of full independence. The historical developments after the politilog Ramush Tahiri there’s always place for correction when you turn your head. Although Tahiri expresses the convinction that the international presence in Kosovo is necessary.

“Kosovo needs an international assistance becase we had a period when we was outside the system and the administration had lost the organization ability. I considered that the international presence was necessary, together with the presence of EULEX  is more than necessary in some parts of the territory. Kosovo needs connection with the European police and judiciary about some trials  in the war against corruption”, says politolog Ramish Tahiri.

Tahiri defines Kosovo as a state that can function only as a civil state, thanks a mutual local project.

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