Pitched Battle in Kosovo Parliament: Opposition vs. Government Ministers

2023-07-13 18:50:47

He kosovo parliament lived this Thursday a pitched battle between opposition deputies and various government ministers, including the prime minister, Albin Kurti.

According to him Kossev news portal, a deputy from the opposition party PDK poured water on the head of government.

Eto, while speaking to parliamentarians regarding the current tension in northern Kosovo, where the Balkan country’s Serb minority is concentrated.

During the fight, the deputy prime minister and Kurti’s close associate, Kurti, were also attacked with water. Besnik Bislimi, who hit the offender on the head with a glass bottle.

After this, a fistfight broke out between dozens of people, including deputies and ministers.

This lasted until the president of Parliament called the police to calm the situation, since otherwise the aggression would have continued.

Meanwhile, the bodyguards had already led the prime minister away from the crowd.

The direct cause of the incident, of which the parties involved accuse each other, is still unknown.

The opposition had placed a banner in the chamber with the image of Kurti with the nose of “Pinocchio” and that it was broken by Bislimi.

Opponents criticize left-wing nationalist Kurti for his policies. This, above all because of the tensions with the Serbs and the lack of coordination with the United States and other Western powers.

This, since they consider them as the main supporters of their independence proclaimed unilaterally in 2008.

The European Union (EU), mediator in the normalization dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, has frozen some community funds to Pristina due to Kurti’s reluctance to comply with his demands to reduce tensions in the north.

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