Reports: Haradinaj to be new Kosovo PM

"Haradinaj is an ethnic Albanian, a Muslim," err check ur facts B92 trust me he's not a Muslim, only an Albanian, and that's why I voted for him! :D

All hail the new Crime Minister!

LOL where else can you get less than 10% of the popular vote, kill a bunch of people (including people testifying against you for killing people), hide behind US diplomatic immunity, and suddenly become the Prime Minister of an entity that thinks its a country?

Why Kosova: The Land Beyond Belief, that's where!

Looks like the CIA gave up on Thaci and decided Rambo Ramush was housebroken enough take charge without breaking something.

Vucic and dacic should be taking pictures with him soon and declaring him a great person.

Instead of the 39 counts of the original indictment, the new trial of "Haradinaj and Idriz Balaj saw them charged with six. These included the murder and torture of prisoners in the KLA camp in Jablanica. As in the first trial, which ended up in acquittal due to a lack of evidence, the prosecution in the retrial faced similar problems - frightened witnesses who changed their statements or refused to testify at all."

Such a 'honorable' man with 'qualifications' like these is surely a worthy successor for PM Thaci - at least in Kosovo, the only mafia state on European soil.

Well that says a lot about the "country"....some kind of retribution from his partners in crime...a night club dancer/mafia boss/criminal/prime minister ....

Nikolic,Vucic & Dacic were all Milosevic's servants and today they govern Serbia. There is nothing wrong with an ex anti-Milosevic person governing Kosovo.

This agreement will probably be bad for Serbia because Serbia's dearest friend will have no control over agreements and such important things.

It is an interesting fact that the editors still try to brainwash international visitors with such words as "Metohije" which are completely empty and just what Serbians want, not what they will get!

Oh no, Rambo as PM. LOL, it is rare to see an article with so many details on B92. I would not count Thaci out yet though. These are hours of intense negotiations and different alliances may emerge in the end. The US embassy's approval will also be needed in the end. Apart from Self Determination, everybody else cares about its blessing. If Haradinaj comes out as a PM, I would love to see Vucic and Dacic meet with him.

Its a shame the Serbian Police only managed to liquidate half his village including 2 of his brothers, next time we hope we wont leave any man standing. But I find it funny how he is president now, now Dacic has a new friend. Just like Thaci, they both have Serbian arrest warrants, but that wont stop Dacic holding hands with them and being lover boys (a crime in itelf if I recall correctly). The love between Dacic and the Kosovo government knows no boundaries :S

"Who needs jobs, healthcare, education, security, a future and a life."

who says that we don't need any of these? i've got news for you sweetheart, none of these existed when Serbia ruled roost, so before you try to act all so intellectual, perhaps you ought to put to use what few brain cells you have

Kosovo Polje,
There will not be a "next time". Ramush Haradinaj, and other men like him,will make sure of it. You are pathetic for wishing more murder had been committed.

Its a shame the Serbian Police only managed to liquidate half his village including 2 of his brothers, next time we hope we wont leave any man standing. But I find it funny how he is president now, now Dacic has a new friend. Just like Thaci, they both have Serbian arrest warrants, but that wont stop Dacic holding hands with them and being lover boys (a crime in itelf if I recall correctly). The love between Dacic and the Kosovo government knows no boundaries :S
(Kosovo_Polje1389, 11 June 2014 03:33)

(Kosovo_Polje1389,

With that primitive mentality don't expect Europe to treat Serbs as human beings. Your leaders are chosen by who had the most blood on his hands during the Balkan wars of the 1990's. And you wonder why Serbs are pariahs of Europe. You lost all rights to live next to your former neighbors. Go hang your head in shame.

Resident of Fredericton,
Anyone who committed hate crimes must be punished. But there is a difference between the aggressor and the freedom fighter, the motive. Trying to level the playing field between the Serbs and their victims ( Bosnian, Croatian, Albanian), it's a strategy some Serbs use ( including the government of Serbia) . It has not worked, it will not work. For every damaged Serbian grave, we show them a massive graveyard full of Albanians, for every stone thrown by our children we show them the remains of our murdered babies, for every Serb that cannot return to Kosovo we show them hundred of thousands of Albanians that had to leave Kosovo due to the execution of Cubrilovic doctrine, for every alleged hardship on Serbs we show them thousands of rapes and burned houses. So yes, they can keep talking to themselves, nobody is listening. If they really want reconciliation, they should start by recognizing the crimes committed in their names and apologize for them.

This is going to further complicate things for everyone. I wonder how the EU plans on reigning him in under their control?

Seems Albanians are alright for a guy who tortured and killed other Albanians - as long as it helped them get Kosovo land all to themselves it was worth the sacrifice.

I know it hurts when Albanians have a true patriot like Haradinaj and you dont have one not even close to him but those rats comanders who hide in a rats whole for so many years.No wonder why everyone throw you in a trash can !!!!

"Haradinaj is an ethnic Albanian, a Muslim," err check ur facts B92 trust me he's not a Muslim, only an Albanian, and that's why I voted for him! :D
(adrian kola, 10 June 2014 17:27)

He maybe a psychopathic criminal thug, but hey, he's our psychopathic criminal thug.

Great logic there. No wonder Kosovo is well and trully f**ked with scum like this in charge. Yummy that flag tastes really nice. Who needs jobs, healthcare, education, security, a future and a life. I have got my flag to feed my family on.

"Article 95 [Election of the Government]
1.
After elections, the President of the Republic of Kosovo proposes to the Assembly a candidate for Prime Minister, in consultation with the political party or coalition that has won the majority in the Assembly necessary to establish the Government."

The "coalition that has won the majority in the Assembly" - not a post-election coalition of the losers. These parties did not run as a coalition. If it goes to the Consitutional Court and they rule that this is legal, the losers will always end up in power in the future, unless the winning party wins by more than 50%, an unlikely outcome in European elections with their multiple parties. Constitutions are written to be interpreted, let's hope they get it right this time.

The "coalition that has won the majority in the Assembly" - not a post-election coalition of the losers. These parties did not run as a coalition. If it goes to the Consitutional Court and they rule that this is legal, the losers will always end up in power in the future, unless the winning party wins by more than 50%, an unlikely outcome in European elections with their multiple parties. Constitutions are written to be interpreted, let's hope they get it right this time.
(Amer, 10 June 2014 21:50)

Coalitions are usually formed after an election, not before. They're usually formed in the event of no single party gaining an overall majority. Coalitions are formed so that one block has a majority in Parliament. In no country is it compulsory for coalitions to be formed with the best performing party of the election, it just usually works out that way as they have the most seats. It makes sense for these three parties to form a coalition as they're all centre-right/ conservatives.

Ian, UK, 11 June 2014 12:17

The current argument is specifically about the person appointed by the president to try to form a governing coalition, not the governing coalition he manages to put together. According to the Kosovo constitution, he gets two tries to form a government acceptable to parliament, and if he fails, there's another election. The produre the 3 party heads are proposing is that a coalition be formed in order to decide the choice of "mandatar" (why do you call him in English?). Whether this has been done in other countries (the current line of argument) is irrelevant if Kosovo law specifies another procedure. Constitutions are meant to be interpreted, so the most straight-forward way ahead is to ask for a ruling by the Constitutioal Court, and that will be the law for this and future elections unless the Constitution is amended. It's not so important what the procedure is, as long as it's seen as legal, and that everybody follows it. Thaci owes it to the country to take the case to court, just to clarify what the rules are, and all those involved owe the country prompt compliance with whatever the court decides.

With that primitive mentality don't expect Europe to treat Serbs as human beings. Your leaders are chosen by who had the most blood on his hands during the Balkan wars of the 1990's. And you wonder why Serbs are pariahs of Europe. You lost all rights to live next to your former neighbors. Go hang your head in shame.
(Sam A., 12 June 2014 08:06)

Who cares about europe? You were the ones that bombed us and killed innocent children and bombed hospitals and yet you have the guts to come to a serbian site and talk crap like that. If its anyone that should hang themselves in shame its the west creating death and horror alloweeer the world wherever its suits your own interests. From the colonizing of african countris until today.

You should be thankful for serbs killing terrorists and fanatic muslims.

@ Sam A & even Brandon:

First of all I'm going to concede that this comment is a bit off topic but I'll mention it so here goes:

Did you hear of that incident that occured last year where on a U.S. internal flight from Minneapolis,Minnesota to Atlanta,Georgia was a woman and her adopted black 19 month old and seated next to them was an elderely white man from the state of Idaho who was inebriated and as the plane was landing the youth began to cry due to pressure in the ears and the Idaho passenger demand the youth's adopted mother (who actually is white) to "shut that n****r baby up!" and then proceeded to slap the toddler causing him to scream even louder.Incidentally his assailant is serving an 8th month old prison sentence and many folks(perhaps even whites) condemn the assailant's actions.

So the question is if on some flight (regardless of where) where some Serb passenger (inebriated or not) is seated next to an Albanian baby or toddler and at some point the Albanian youngster is crying because of some illness or ailment but the Serb is irritated by the kid's crying and therefore tells the parent(s) to shut the youth up but worse utters an anti-Albanian slur against the youth than slaps the youth how much of a "pariah" would most people consider this hypothetical Serb passenger to be? Would most people(even many Serbs) condemn this Serb passenger's actions and therefore want him or her punished to the fullest extent of the law? I know I would.

I really can't say if Ramush Haradinaj is Muslim but since I believe I read somewhere on-line that his wife's name is Anita I always assumed she isn't Muslim simply because Anita doesn't sound like a Muslim name.

Would most people(even many Serbs) condemn this Serb passenger's actions and therefore want him or her punished to the fullest extent of the law? I know I would.
(resident of Fredericton,New Brunswick,Canada, 12 June 2014 15:01)
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So would I but reverse that and I am positive not one Albanian would and the excuse would be, Serbian agression in "kosova" and the brat deserved it.
Your people do exactly that to our dead by vandalizing our cemeteries and attacking our elderly and kids.

@Peggy:

Though it's thoughtful of you to condemn the actions of this hypothetical Serb passenger my question is what do you mean by "your opinion"?? I'm not sure how to tell you this but I can't be blamed for the actions of some of my fellow Canadians.You agree? Right?

All hail the new Crime Minister!

LOL where else can you get less than 10% of the popular vote, kill a bunch of people (including people testifying against you for killing people), hide behind US diplomatic immunity, and suddenly become the Prime Minister of an entity that thinks its a country?

Why Kosova: The Land Beyond Belief, that's where!

Looks like the CIA gave up on Thaci and decided Rambo Ramush was housebroken enough take charge without breaking something.

"Haradinaj is an ethnic Albanian, a Muslim," err check ur facts B92 trust me he's not a Muslim, only an Albanian, and that's why I voted for him! :D

Instead of the 39 counts of the original indictment, the new trial of "Haradinaj and Idriz Balaj saw them charged with six. These included the murder and torture of prisoners in the KLA camp in Jablanica. As in the first trial, which ended up in acquittal due to a lack of evidence, the prosecution in the retrial faced similar problems - frightened witnesses who changed their statements or refused to testify at all."

Such a 'honorable' man with 'qualifications' like these is surely a worthy successor for PM Thaci - at least in Kosovo, the only mafia state on European soil.

"Haradinaj is an ethnic Albanian, a Muslim," err check ur facts B92 trust me he's not a Muslim, only an Albanian, and that's why I voted for him! :D
(adrian kola, 10 June 2014 17:27)

He maybe a psychopathic criminal thug, but hey, he's our psychopathic criminal thug.

Great logic there. No wonder Kosovo is well and trully f**ked with scum like this in charge. Yummy that flag tastes really nice. Who needs jobs, healthcare, education, security, a future and a life. I have got my flag to feed my family on.

Vucic and dacic should be taking pictures with him soon and declaring him a great person.

Its a shame the Serbian Police only managed to liquidate half his village including 2 of his brothers, next time we hope we wont leave any man standing. But I find it funny how he is president now, now Dacic has a new friend. Just like Thaci, they both have Serbian arrest warrants, but that wont stop Dacic holding hands with them and being lover boys (a crime in itelf if I recall correctly). The love between Dacic and the Kosovo government knows no boundaries :S

Well that says a lot about the "country"....some kind of retribution from his partners in crime...a night club dancer/mafia boss/criminal/prime minister ....

This agreement will probably be bad for Serbia because Serbia's dearest friend will have no control over agreements and such important things.

It is an interesting fact that the editors still try to brainwash international visitors with such words as "Metohije" which are completely empty and just what Serbians want, not what they will get!

I know it hurts when Albanians have a true patriot like Haradinaj and you dont have one not even close to him but those rats comanders who hide in a rats whole for so many years.No wonder why everyone throw you in a trash can !!!!

Seems Albanians are alright for a guy who tortured and killed other Albanians - as long as it helped them get Kosovo land all to themselves it was worth the sacrifice.

This is going to further complicate things for everyone. I wonder how the EU plans on reigning him in under their control?

Its a shame the Serbian Police only managed to liquidate half his village including 2 of his brothers, next time we hope we wont leave any man standing. But I find it funny how he is president now, now Dacic has a new friend. Just like Thaci, they both have Serbian arrest warrants, but that wont stop Dacic holding hands with them and being lover boys (a crime in itelf if I recall correctly). The love between Dacic and the Kosovo government knows no boundaries :S
(Kosovo_Polje1389, 11 June 2014 03:33)

(Kosovo_Polje1389,

With that primitive mentality don't expect Europe to treat Serbs as human beings. Your leaders are chosen by who had the most blood on his hands during the Balkan wars of the 1990's. And you wonder why Serbs are pariahs of Europe. You lost all rights to live next to your former neighbors. Go hang your head in shame.

Would most people(even many Serbs) condemn this Serb passenger's actions and therefore want him or her punished to the fullest extent of the law? I know I would.
(resident of Fredericton,New Brunswick,Canada, 12 June 2014 15:01)
==================================
So would I but reverse that and I am positive not one Albanian would and the excuse would be, Serbian agression in "kosova" and the brat deserved it.
Your people do exactly that to our dead by vandalizing our cemeteries and attacking our elderly and kids.

Nikolic,Vucic & Dacic were all Milosevic's servants and today they govern Serbia. There is nothing wrong with an ex anti-Milosevic person governing Kosovo.

Kosovo Polje,
There will not be a "next time". Ramush Haradinaj, and other men like him,will make sure of it. You are pathetic for wishing more murder had been committed.

With that primitive mentality don't expect Europe to treat Serbs as human beings. Your leaders are chosen by who had the most blood on his hands during the Balkan wars of the 1990's. And you wonder why Serbs are pariahs of Europe. You lost all rights to live next to your former neighbors. Go hang your head in shame.
(Sam A., 12 June 2014 08:06)

Who cares about europe? You were the ones that bombed us and killed innocent children and bombed hospitals and yet you have the guts to come to a serbian site and talk crap like that. If its anyone that should hang themselves in shame its the west creating death and horror alloweeer the world wherever its suits your own interests. From the colonizing of african countris until today.

You should be thankful for serbs killing terrorists and fanatic muslims.

"Article 95 [Election of the Government]
1.
After elections, the President of the Republic of Kosovo proposes to the Assembly a candidate for Prime Minister, in consultation with the political party or coalition that has won the majority in the Assembly necessary to establish the Government."

The "coalition that has won the majority in the Assembly" - not a post-election coalition of the losers. These parties did not run as a coalition. If it goes to the Consitutional Court and they rule that this is legal, the losers will always end up in power in the future, unless the winning party wins by more than 50%, an unlikely outcome in European elections with their multiple parties. Constitutions are written to be interpreted, let's hope they get it right this time.

Ian, UK, 11 June 2014 12:17

The current argument is specifically about the person appointed by the president to try to form a governing coalition, not the governing coalition he manages to put together. According to the Kosovo constitution, he gets two tries to form a government acceptable to parliament, and if he fails, there's another election. The produre the 3 party heads are proposing is that a coalition be formed in order to decide the choice of "mandatar" (why do you call him in English?). Whether this has been done in other countries (the current line of argument) is irrelevant if Kosovo law specifies another procedure. Constitutions are meant to be interpreted, so the most straight-forward way ahead is to ask for a ruling by the Constitutioal Court, and that will be the law for this and future elections unless the Constitution is amended. It's not so important what the procedure is, as long as it's seen as legal, and that everybody follows it. Thaci owes it to the country to take the case to court, just to clarify what the rules are, and all those involved owe the country prompt compliance with whatever the court decides.

"Who needs jobs, healthcare, education, security, a future and a life."

who says that we don't need any of these? i've got news for you sweetheart, none of these existed when Serbia ruled roost, so before you try to act all so intellectual, perhaps you ought to put to use what few brain cells you have

Oh no, Rambo as PM. LOL, it is rare to see an article with so many details on B92. I would not count Thaci out yet though. These are hours of intense negotiations and different alliances may emerge in the end. The US embassy's approval will also be needed in the end. Apart from Self Determination, everybody else cares about its blessing. If Haradinaj comes out as a PM, I would love to see Vucic and Dacic meet with him.

Resident of Fredericton,
Anyone who committed hate crimes must be punished. But there is a difference between the aggressor and the freedom fighter, the motive. Trying to level the playing field between the Serbs and their victims ( Bosnian, Croatian, Albanian), it's a strategy some Serbs use ( including the government of Serbia) . It has not worked, it will not work. For every damaged Serbian grave, we show them a massive graveyard full of Albanians, for every stone thrown by our children we show them the remains of our murdered babies, for every Serb that cannot return to Kosovo we show them hundred of thousands of Albanians that had to leave Kosovo due to the execution of Cubrilovic doctrine, for every alleged hardship on Serbs we show them thousands of rapes and burned houses. So yes, they can keep talking to themselves, nobody is listening. If they really want reconciliation, they should start by recognizing the crimes committed in their names and apologize for them.

The "coalition that has won the majority in the Assembly" - not a post-election coalition of the losers. These parties did not run as a coalition. If it goes to the Consitutional Court and they rule that this is legal, the losers will always end up in power in the future, unless the winning party wins by more than 50%, an unlikely outcome in European elections with their multiple parties. Constitutions are written to be interpreted, let's hope they get it right this time.
(Amer, 10 June 2014 21:50)

Coalitions are usually formed after an election, not before. They're usually formed in the event of no single party gaining an overall majority. Coalitions are formed so that one block has a majority in Parliament. In no country is it compulsory for coalitions to be formed with the best performing party of the election, it just usually works out that way as they have the most seats. It makes sense for these three parties to form a coalition as they're all centre-right/ conservatives.

@ Sam A & even Brandon:

First of all I'm going to concede that this comment is a bit off topic but I'll mention it so here goes:

Did you hear of that incident that occured last year where on a U.S. internal flight from Minneapolis,Minnesota to Atlanta,Georgia was a woman and her adopted black 19 month old and seated next to them was an elderely white man from the state of Idaho who was inebriated and as the plane was landing the youth began to cry due to pressure in the ears and the Idaho passenger demand the youth's adopted mother (who actually is white) to "shut that n****r baby up!" and then proceeded to slap the toddler causing him to scream even louder.Incidentally his assailant is serving an 8th month old prison sentence and many folks(perhaps even whites) condemn the assailant's actions.

So the question is if on some flight (regardless of where) where some Serb passenger (inebriated or not) is seated next to an Albanian baby or toddler and at some point the Albanian youngster is crying because of some illness or ailment but the Serb is irritated by the kid's crying and therefore tells the parent(s) to shut the youth up but worse utters an anti-Albanian slur against the youth than slaps the youth how much of a "pariah" would most people consider this hypothetical Serb passenger to be? Would most people(even many Serbs) condemn this Serb passenger's actions and therefore want him or her punished to the fullest extent of the law? I know I would.

I really can't say if Ramush Haradinaj is Muslim but since I believe I read somewhere on-line that his wife's name is Anita I always assumed she isn't Muslim simply because Anita doesn't sound like a Muslim name.

@Peggy:

Though it's thoughtful of you to condemn the actions of this hypothetical Serb passenger my question is what do you mean by "your opinion"?? I'm not sure how to tell you this but I can't be blamed for the actions of some of my fellow Canadians.You agree? Right?