Unless a last-minute solution is reached by next Tuesday, we will continue to hear mutual accusations of guilt… and frankly, we are all tired of the endless games of narcissistic politicians who only think about their real or imaginary power, and who don’t bother at all about why things are going wrong for us, when there is absolutely no need for needless entanglements that lead nowhere.
After the trial of Dardan Krivaqa for the cruel murder of Marigona Osmani, the one of the last few months – the trial of Naim Murseli for the murder of his wife, Liridona Ademaj, surpassed everyone in terms of media and public opinion interest in the case.
It is not far from the mind that precisely because of this, the trial ended with a life sentence for Mursel and his co-perpetrator Plava. The third person involved in this macabre murder, Kokalla, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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This verdict, of course, is of the first instance – so it should be expected that the Court of Appeal will decide on the basis of eventual appeals, and then the Supreme Court when the request for the protection of legality could be submitted.
Be that as it may, the punishment, given the establishment of the facts, is more than deserved.
So, a scenario like any “crime movie” that we have had the opportunity to watch in cinemas or television for years, was realized in the middle of Sinidoll, in the middle of the night, in the dead of night, and which, however, could not escape the surveillance cameras…
There were also several other cameras that captured the movements of the now-convicted – and that enabled the investigators to gather enough evidence to prove that the murder had been committed, and that the execution took place for ulterior motives.
The attempt to declare himself mentally unstable in order to justify the killing of a mother in front of her children did not work for Naim Murseli. Because the plan had many well-elaborated details – that cannot enter the domain of affective response.
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It could be estimated that the epilogue in the first instance in this case was fair and deserved.
Unfortunately, the same could not be said for at least half a dozen cases that ended in fatality. This is also because those cases did not have the media coverage like this case and they did not have the public pressure of this intensity.
And, of course, this speaks ill of the judicial system – as the link that has failed to set a standard that should be respected in all cases of similar magnitude.
But such a failure would be a simplification of the whole phenomenon – because the judiciary in this case is only one of the links. The problem of gender-based violence has its source in the family, combined with education, and later with the interpretation and reasoning that society makes of the causes of violence itself.
It is a much more complex and much deeper problem, which cannot even be amortized, also because this society is not even able to deal with the consequences. Because even after almost three decades, we have not seen any serious efforts to build a stable housing and protection system for victims of violence. Everything is more or less reduced to improvisations.
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The reason for this approach could be found anywhere in society as part of a dominant mindset. And you don’t have to go far in search of the most representative examples – just look at the Assembly.
During the week, we had the opportunity to listen to the representative of the second generation of Gecs who occupy a seat in the Assembly of Kosovo. After a highly criticized speech, he exchanged words with Vlora Çitak, and was heard saying: “You’re 100 years old, you’re single. Bad woman.”
I searched the internet to understand more about the MP and found a page on wikipedia where he is identified as: “Doctor of science and well-known politician in Kosovo”.
The biography, like the title, boils with linguistic errors – so whoever wrote it should know that there is no greater anti-propaganda than this: to mention advanced academic training while the level of writing remains in the range of elementary school learning.
From someone who is oriented towards science and who is not yet 40 years old, I would expect debate, even speech, of a higher intellectual level.
I would expect a departure from the primitive framework of measuring one’s success and goodness in life by whether or not one’s marital status changes according to imaginary parameters set by those who think women cannot think and decide for themselves.
I would be happy for an emancipation of the generation of the deputy, who can now say that he is a “known politician”, but ultimately not for any enlightening ideas. But here the joy, as always, is replaced by despair.
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The example of this deputy best describes the state in which the Kosovar society is, especially in the sphere of politics – in permanent improvisation.
At the moment, what we see in the Assembly is a group of people who we don’t even know with what merits they managed to be elected deputies – that is, people who should be decided for us.
Or even people who, despite the fact that they should be decided in the best interest of the citizens and the state, are subject to the dictates of party leaders who do not see beyond their noses.
We are entering the finals determined by the Constitution for the election of the head of state and as things seem at the moment when this column is being written, we are headed for the third parliamentary elections in the last 15 months.
And why?
Except because that is what the leaders of the political parties have decided.
Except because everyone is barricaded in the arguments of kindergarten-aged children – “I do,” regardless of any logical reasoning that opposes individual pleasure.
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The acceleration of the procedures for the approval of some weighty laws shows that the government is ready to go to the elections, because it can very easily find the solution to remove the candidacy of Glauk Konjufca from the agenda – it can present a “neutral” name and throw the ball in the opposition’s field.
The opposition, on the other hand, reduced to five, and with a baggage of compromised governments in the past, continues to remain scattered, making calculations that in the eventual new elections it would be able to turn the balance from itself.
But objectively, even without any deeper analysis, it is hardly expected that the numbers could change much – but enough to plunge us into a new political crisis immediately after their eventual holding.
And, unless a last-minute solution is reached, until next Tuesday we will continue to hear mutual accusations of guilt… and frankly, we are all tired of the endless games of narcissistic politicians who only think about their real or imaginary power, and who do not bother at all about why things go wrong for us, when there is absolutely no need for needless confusion that leads nowhere.
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It’s been a long time since I lost my nerve to follow the events in the Assembly and other institutions, because I don’t see how I can take seriously the people who agree with the fact that we can go to elections every three months, if the constitutional procedures are not fulfilled.
A few years ago, I was deeply saddened by a statement by Liburn Ali, who called Kosovo a “temporary state”.
What we have had for a year and a half is even worse: it is improvisation.
