Decree on state of emergency in territory of Kosovo and Metohija signed due to coronavirus

Photo: Tanjug/Tanja Valic

Hashim Thaci, the president of the provisional Pristina institutions, has signed a decree introducing a state of emergency in the Kosovo territory due to coronavirus.

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Thaci announced on his Twitter account that he signed the decree according to the situation.

"Based on my constitutional duties as president, after a recent meeting with the Kosovo Security Council, I signed a decree declaring a state of emergency amid the situation caused by the COVID19 virus," Thaci wrote.

Thaci made such a proposal last night at a news conference after a meeting of the Council for National Security.

The Pristina government, however, opposed it and called such a proposal extreme and unnecessary.

In order for the decree to take effect, two-thirds of members of parliament must vote in favor.

(Telegraf rs/Tanjug)