ALBANIAN DAILY URGES PEOPLE OF KOSOVO TO BACK
SELF-DETERMINATION LEADER
BBC Monitoring International Reports - July 5, 2007 Thursday
Text of report by Albanian newspaper Ballkan on 5 July
[Commentary by Bujar Shurdhi: "Peaceful Policy in Kosova Failed" p9]
Every politician in Kosova [Kosovo] realizes that the path to independence
pursued during the nineties was very wrong both in direction and orientation
and, furthermore, it lacked any institutional platform for independence.
Albanian patriots like Ukshin Hoti and now Albin Kurti have said time and time
again that the policies pursued by the Kosova leaders are pacifist policies. In
light of the situation in Kosova and its geographic position - it is surrounded
almost on all sides by Albanian land and people - pacifism is the greatest and
most extreme anti-patriotism that the Albanian nation has ever known.
Around 1994, it was announced that the Kosova Assembly had convened, but, in
reality, not a single deputy was present. It was also said that the work on the
creation of the institutions was under way, but they were nowhere to be seen in
1999 because they did not exist. Individuals would appear before the media and
proclaim themselves to be presidents or prime ministers, but it was clear that
all these machinations had only one goal - the collection of the 3 per cent tax
in order to use it to build private businesses. This 3 per cent tax was paid by
the Kosova youth and families, who worked hard for that money in a very
difficult social and economic situation in Kosova.
To this day, these politicians continue shamelessly to appear before the media
and to tell fairy stories.
Now, it is widely known that no nation in the entire world history has ever won
its freedom by peaceful means. Nevertheless, the Prishtina [Pristina]
authorities propagated with zeal the peaceful way and defended it before
thepeople, supporting it solely with photos that they were taking with US and
European politicians. They even advertisedthese photos on calendars in order to
deceive ordinary people.
When the situation got out of control in 1999, these politicians disappeared
from the face of the earth, even though the duty of the institutions in such
situations is very clear. Meanwhile, their children spent nights in disco clubs
in Prishtina and across Europe. Seeing this difficult situation, the youth of
Kosova got organized and created first UCK [Kosovo Liberation Army] groups for
self-defence. But, everybody knows that an army needs military structures.
For this reason, regardless of the readiness of these groups, they never managed
to create a proper army. There were a number concrete attempts by people with
military training to create an army of Kosova, same as Croatia, Bosnia, and
Slovenia had done, such as for example the work done by Ahmet Krasniqi. But, it
was God's will for it never tohappen because Ahmet Krasniqi was killed in the
centre of Tirana after being taken for somebody else.
Everything that has happened in Kosova is a consequence of these pacifist
policies, which have become opium for theordinary people.
At the same time, the policies pursued by the Tirana authorities were even more
amateurish than those pursued by Prishtina, who went as far as to say that
Belgrade is the capital of Kosova and the Kosova Albanians, the UCK is
aterrorist organization, and that their leaders are Serbian stooges.
The consequences of these failed and anti-patriotic policies are felt to this
day, as all meetings organized by the international community under the guidance
of Europe or the United States end without any result or with absurd agreements.
Meanwhile, the politicians in Prishtina still consider shaking hands with EU or
UN commissioners a triumph.
The official Tirana invites foreign dignitaries without any official agenda and
the result of such visits is just as it would be if they had been invited to a
wedding party.
But now, after over 10 years have passed, the youth of Kosova are ready to take
the fate in their own hands and claim the legitimate right for independence in
all our territories.
If the situation deteriorates and another war becomes inevitable in Kosova, for
the first time in history will we be able to get rid of all Serbian stooges
currently on Kosova's political scene.
On the other hand, the Tirana authorities will be left like fish out of the
water because they will not have allies of the same kind in Kosova. The people
of Kosova must know that no roundtable or summit can bring freedom to Kosova.
For this reason, they should support with all their energies the pioneer of the
Self-Determination Movement, Albin Kurti.
Source: Ballkan, Tirana, in Albanian 5 Jul 07
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