He said that he suggested to President Vjosa Osmani that before the end of her mandate, she proceed with the amendments to the law for approval.
"The three major parties that want to put the issue of the president on the bargaining table, where they exchange the president for two or three ministers," Bajrami responded to the question of who cares if the law on the direct election of the president is not processed further.
Bajrami further said that the amendments, along with the law as a whole, have been blocked in institutions for years.
"Since 2001, when we wrote the Constitutional Framework and especially the current Constitution, I have been engaged and have remained almost alone in the idea of direct election of the president. Since Vjosa Osmani was the deputy chairwoman of the Constitutional Commission, we worked together on the constitutional amendments for the direct election of the president... When we completed the project, the Constitutional Court intervened and said that these should be reviewed when President Atifete Jahjaga's mandate ends. Unfortunately, these amendments and the law are still kept in the office of the president or the speaker of the Assembly."
Bajrami: LDK as a state-forming party must return to the spirit of Ibrahim Rugova
Academic Arsim Bajrami has stated that the Democratic League of Kosovo should return to the spirit of former president Ibrahim Rugova.
He said on KTV's "Konfront" that the LDK should enter into dialogue with the first party or with the others and find a solution.
Bajrami took the example of Rugova, who said he had offered the post of prime minister in the 2001 elections, even though the LDK had won the elections.
"LDK is a state-forming party, together with PDK, founders of this state. Those who led the state until 2017, where I think Kosovo has been a success story. Kosovo has been a successful state even in terms of international evaluation. We have had international partnership...LDK must return to the state-forming spirit, built by Ibrahim Rugova, who has given a better sign of a leader who does not resonate with party or personal interest, against the interest of the state. He did this in 2001, when he won the elections. He gave the position of prime minister, he has done this continuously. In Rambouillet he allowed Thaçi to take the leadership of the delegation...", said Bajrami.
Member of the Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts, Arsim Bajrami, has stated that political parties are playing "who gets tired first" with the issue of the constitution of the Assembly.
He said on Wednesday on KTV's "Konfront" that the people of Kosovo are suffering from this situation.
"That game of buying time or who is getting tired first is being played. The people are getting tired first, they are suffering, because they made a good choice, but now this choice is being abused. They are calculating with the election, so that the Constitutional Court can resolve this situation," said Bajrami.
He further added that it is a wrong approach that the solution to the situation is being linked to the deputies of the minority parties, as he stated that "the solution should be with the Albanian parties since they should govern Kosovo."
Bajrami: We are in a situation of institutional degradation, it has never happened before
Arsim Bajrami, a member of the Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts, said that Kosovo is in the most serious moment of institutional degradation.
According to him, the failure to establish institutions is sending a bad message to internationals about the capacity of governance. Bajrami added that the delays in establishing institutions, perhaps motivated by political interests, are causing great damage to Kosovo's statehood.
"Unfortunately, in the recent history of politics, we have not had a more serious moment of institutional degradation. This has already exceeded the levels of political crises. We are witnessing an institutional degradation that is seriously weakening our governing capabilities, or is sending very bad messages to the international community, especially our partners about our governing capacity. Perhaps for political interests, we are more or less degrading the state, because the inability to establish institutions is an extremely harmful element for our statehood," he said on KTV's "Konfront".
