"Serbia's security bodies, which implemented Belgrade's oppressive policies on Kosovo, were concentrated in Pristina, where Kosovo's autonomy was suppressed on March 23, 1989, where within two months Pristina's Radio and Television were closed on July 5 and the newspaper "Rilindja "on September 5, 1990", Prime Minister Albin Kurti wrote on Facebook, remembering the 32nd anniversary of the Kaçanik Constitution.
Among other things, Kurti mentioned the figures who contributed at that time such as Gazmend Zajmi, Ejup Statovci, Kurtesh Saliu, Ismet Salihu, Fatmir Fehmiu, Riza Smaka and Halit Muharremi.
On the whole, that day was ordinary: Friday, September 7, 1990. Serbia's security agencies, implementing Belgrade's repressive policies on Kosovo, were concentrated in Pristina, where Kosovo's autonomy had been suppressed on March 23, 1989, where within two months, Radio Television of Pristina was closed on July 5 and the newspaper "Rilindja" on September 5, 1990. They did not know that after the announcement of the Constitutional Declaration on July 2, 1990, a group of expert lawyers of constitutional law had gathered to drafted a constitution for Kosovo. Among them were Gazmend Zajmi, Ejup Statovci, Kurtesh Saliu, Ismet Salihu, Fatmir Fehmiu, Riza Smaka and Halit Muharremi. Until the beginning of August, in a record time, even more so when considering the level of the text they produced, they wrote the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, the first republic of Kosovo. Everything was done in complete secrecy and conspiracy, until September 7, 1990, when in the house of culture in the city of Kaçanik, following signs and codes according to a secret plan, the delegates of the Assembly of Kosovo gathered to complete their act. before two months, the Constitutional Declaration of July 2.
On the agenda, they had 10 items:
2. Proclamation of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo;
3. Review of the Proposal of the Constitutional Law for the implementation of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, for approval;
5. Making the Decision on the continuation of the work of the Assembly of Kosovo, the Executive Council and the current administration bodies, until the election and constitution of the new Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo;
6. Review of the proposal of the Law on the unification of citizens in political parties, associations and other forms of union, to approve it;
8. Giving consent for constitutional amendments to the Constitution of the RSFJ, based on the proposal of the KEF;
9. Announcement of elections, and
By approving the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo that was proposed at that meeting, the legitimate delegates of the Assembly of Kosovo proclaimed the Republic of Kosovo. Although this republic was recognized only by the Republic of Albania, it would become a strong foundation of a democratic and state tradition through which, during the 90s, the Kosovar Albanians manifested their political will within the framework of Yugoslavia that oppressed and discriminated against them, until the liberation war of 1999. The first Republic of Kosovo was a republic for the survival of the political subjectivity of Kosovo, until the announcement of the second Republic of Kosovo on February 17, 2008, which we enjoy today and for the strengthening and progress of which we work continuously.
Today marks 32 years since the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo in Kaçanik, which every time we return to it as a text, we see that apart from being a document with historical values, it can also serve us for its professional, politically visionary and historically correct. At that time, the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo that was announced in Kaçanik was printed in about 500 copies, some of which, like this copy here, have fortunately survived to this day, to be archived and witnessed by history. Maybe it's time to start and think about its reprint as a historical document, in scientific editions accompanied by relevant studies.
