{"id":34033,"date":"2022-04-07T15:55:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=34033"},"modified":"2022-04-07T15:58:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:58:46","slug":"eu-us-oppose-kosovos-new-prosecutor-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/eu-us-oppose-kosovos-new-prosecutor-general\/","title":{"rendered":"EU, US oppose Kosovo\u2019s new Prosecutor-General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo&#8217;s justice system whistleblowers reacted on Thursday to the appointment of the country\u2019s Prosecutor-General by the Prosecutorial Council.<\/p>\n<p>Blerim Isufaj was elected the new Prosecutor-General following a unanimous vote in the Council.<\/p>\n<p>The diplomatic delegations of the United States and the European Union in Prishtina also voiced the same concern, criticizing the procedures that were followed on selecting candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The Kosovo Law Institute, the Group for Legal and Political Studies and the \u2018Speak Up\u2019 Movement <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fkli-ks.org%2Fikd-glps-dhe-fol-propozimi-i-keshillit-prokurorial-per-emerim-te-kryeprokurorit-te-ri-te-shtetit-i-papranueshem%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR14kUItVoARPzhY7MQkyi4cQzS9kPYAPzNvhfcVA6hkGwlszmvVWGAPCPA&amp;h=AT10i-Uo3efTd_nVcw1EefMXdd_BDl82Bz9QhSUIengewHSs83-WUF0YvWB4C10QeBhE9-5NicSOxf85mL1PCsENFJvRfx7JkIZf3jqDuxsr4qNpZUP3InMbrtufuOE1Kg&amp;__tn__=%2CmH-R&amp;c[0]=AT3YJjKTgW4swTi89qOxH8xPbJIiij7YTfsbIob_ahOU5u8VvR6P9FtXhs7j8cDEVbpeqrHcxQpftEf13AqoBrKmP-raFGlLtn3DIoZluPtO2iHwijnxRDtpTp5z-8KC7AayEEEc4WLUm1FDr4DbEL50xbQRtL0B4avXjlZnRXCfcwFR\">shared a joint statement<\/a><\/strong> recalling a report published in March pointing at violations detected during the assessment of the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>According to the aforementioned organizations, the assessment had \u2018undermined the meritocracy of the process\u2019, and recommended nullifying the entire process.<\/p>\n<p>According to protocol, Isufaj\u2019s appointment must be decreed by the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/18\/kurti-kosovo-needs-to-elect-a-brave-prosecutor-general\/\">Kurti: Kosovo needs to elect a brave prosecutor-general<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2020\/09\/10\/kosovo-to-copy-the-albanian-model-judges-and-prosecutors-to-undergo-vetting-process\/\">Kosovo to copy the Albanian model, judges and prosecutors to undergo vetting process<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo&#8217;s justice system whistleblowers reacted on Thursday to the appointment of the country\u2019s Prosecutor-General by the Prosecutorial Council. Blerim Isufaj was elected the new Prosecutor-General following a unanimous vote in the Council. The diplomatic delegations of the United States and the European Union in Prishtina also voiced the same concern, criticizing the procedures that were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":34034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[1170,300,151,933],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU, US oppose Kosovo\u2019s new Prosecutor-General - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/eu-us-oppose-kosovos-new-prosecutor-general\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EU, US oppose Kosovo\u2019s new Prosecutor-General - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kosovo&#8217;s justice system whistleblowers reacted on Thursday to the appointment of the country\u2019s Prosecutor-General by the Prosecutorial Council. 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