K. Albanians denounce police proposal

A Kosovo police, KPS, spokesman criticized Lamberto Zannier's command chain parallelism proposal. "Parallelism in the command hierarchy of the Kosovo police is a step backward and will create operational problems," Beta news agency today quoted Veton Elshani's statement for the Pristina-based RTK television. K. Albanians denounce police proposal In an earlier interview for the local daily Koha Ditore and BBC's Albanian language service, Zannier, who heads UNMIK in the province, said that his idea would create an ethnic Serb police force within the KPS, with special autonomy within the chain of command. But Elshani believes that "any other decision except for transition of powers from international to Kosovo police would create problems". Apart from the regional police in Kosovska Mitrovica, such transfers has taken place elsewhere. In the region of the ethnically divided town, an international policeman is the chief, "but he gets his orders from the KPS", according to this spokesman. The reaction today came on the heels of similar denouncements from ethnic Albanian parties yesterday, who dubbed the proposal "an attempt to legalize parallel Serb structures in Kosovo", "attempted partition of Kosovo", as well as "the foulest suggestion presented so far", that in fact, according to them, "came from Serbia".

K. Albanians denounce police proposal

In an earlier interview for the local daily Koha Ditore and BBC's Albanian language service, Zannier, who heads UNMIK in the province, said that his idea would create an ethnic Serb police force within the KPS, with special autonomy within the chain of command.

But Elshani believes that "any other decision except for transition of powers from international to Kosovo police would create problems".

Apart from the regional police in Kosovska Mitrovica, such transfers has taken place elsewhere.

In the region of the ethnically divided town, an international policeman is the chief, "but he gets his orders from the KPS", according to this spokesman.

The reaction today came on the heels of similar denouncements from ethnic Albanian parties yesterday, who dubbed the proposal "an attempt to legalize parallel Serb structures in Kosovo", "attempted partition of Kosovo", as well as "the foulest suggestion presented so far", that in fact, according to them, "came from Serbia".