The reconstruction of the former KLA headquarters in Rance i Shtime is required

The associations that emerged from the war and the parliamentarians in Shtime are demanding from the executive the reconstruction of the former headquarters of the Kosovo Liberation Army, since the object has already been demolished due to lack of maintenance. Concerns and criticism about the degradation of the facility have also been expressed by war leaders who at that time had supported the initiative to open the KLA headquarters in the village of Rance.

Ramiz Qeriqi, former commander of the second "Ruzhdi Salihu" Battalion, has said that the central and local levels should work together to rebuild the former headquarters of the KLA in the village of Rance. Qeriqi said that in that place at that time there was an object which was designated among the first points of the army, as there was such a point in Kaçanik.

"The municipality should ask the veterans and the associations how to rebuild the building, which has almost collapsed due to lack of maintenance. We veterans have photos of what that object looked like back then. Therefore, it should be rebuilt in that state without losing or changing the appearance of that object. If it loses its appearance, then it loses its value as well. Therefore, although it probably had to be rebuilt earlier, now it is still not too late for this object to be rebuilt in order not to lose the values ​​of the KLA war", Qeriqi requested.

This issue was debated for a long time at the last meeting of the Municipal Assembly in Shtime, on Tuesday. Adem Ramadani, an assemblyman from PDK, has requested from the executive that this project together with the road leading to this location should be built as soon as possible.

"Two months ago, the mayor of the municipality was in the village of Rancë, where the headquarters of the KLA is expected to be built, and we are offering the date of June 26, which is the day of the establishment of this point in the village of Rancë. Therefore, we want to know if the construction of the headquarters building will start, as well as the construction of the road leading to the headquarters, will it be asphalted this year", requested Ramadani.

The Mayor of the Municipality of Shtime, Qemajl Aliu, said that this project, which has not started for 20 years, will be started in the near future by the government of the Vetëvendosje Movement.

"Together with the associations that came out of the war and with the head of the memorials agency, we visited the place of the former KLA headquarters in Rance and we agreed that this project should be included in the planning for the reconstruction of the headquarters. I have taken this initiative as unique from all the structures of the associations that came out of the war and I believe that we have also found the understanding of the Kosovo Memorials Agency and we have agreed that they will start the design", said Aliu.

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He clarified that the central level has promised that if they need support from the Municipality of Shtime, they will draft the project.

"In our urban planning department, we have found an idea project from several years ago and we will try to offer our expertise. So we are committed to this project being implemented as soon as possible and started as soon as possible. As for the road in this village, there was a fund allocated for these roads and it was insufficient, so we have added a part and now 50 thousand euros have been made and the procedures will start very soon and it can be finished before autumn ", Ali explained.

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