Spécial Kosovo

Elections législatives du 23 octobre 2004

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RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 8, No. 177, Part II, 16 September 2004

KOSOVA'S POLITICIANS DECLARE THEIR ASSETS. Prishtina's dailies
reported at length on 15 September about the result of personal
financial data supplied by leading Kosovar politicians to the OSCE in
preparation for the 23 October parliamentary elections, RFE/RL's
South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service reported. The wealthiest
politician, according to the data, is publisher Veton Surroi of the
new ORA party, whose funds and assets are valued at almost $49
million. Next on the list is Ramush Haradinaj of the Alliance for the
Future of Kosova (AAK) with almost $2.7 million. Parliamentary
speaker Nexhat Daci lists three different salaries, while Minister of
Public Services Jakup Krasniqi has managed to save $18,000 in the
last three years. President Ibrahim Rugova reportedly did not include
the house he owns among his assets. The poorest major politician is
Hashim Thaci of the Democratic Party of Kosova (PDK), whose declared
annual income is just under $6,500. Surroi's daily "Koha Ditore" said
that many of the politicians' data are not convincing and even
"ridiculous." In related news, Daci said that if the new parliament
does not declare independence, it has no reason to exist. PM