Acting President of the Republic of Kosovo, Albulena Haxhiu, said that on September 7, 1990, amid severe repression and political persecution, the delegates of the Assembly of Kosovo gathered in Ka\u00e7anik and adopted the Ka\u00e7anik Constitution, providing a constitutional basis for the will expressed on July 2 for Kosovo to become a republic.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Serbia was dismantling Kosovo\u2019s autonomy, abolishing its institutions and attempting to forcibly subjugate the political will of its citizens, the Ka\u00e7anik Constitution was the response of a people who refused to give up their right to define their own destiny. It is for this reason that its significance goes beyond the legal text adopted that day. It demonstrates that even under conditions of occupation and repression, Kosovo had the people, the knowledge and the will to give legal form to its political determination,\u201d Acting President Haxhiu said.<\/p>\n
She further added that behind its drafting was the work of jurists who, under extraordinary circumstances, built a constitutional order based on the will of the people of Kosovo, while the vote of the delegates embodied the courage of a generation that assumed the responsibility of giving the demand for a republic the form of a constitutional act.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe path that began with the July 2 Declaration and took constitutional form on September 7 continued through the resistance of the people of Kosovo, the liberation war and the sacrifice of many generations, leading to the liberation of the country and the declaration of independence on February 17, 2008,\u201d Acting President Haxhiu emphasized.<\/p>\n
Acting President Haxhiu further said that today, on the anniversary of the Ka\u00e7anik Constitution, we honour its drafters, the delegates who adopted it, and all those who, during the most difficult years, kept the demand for a republic alive.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat took constitutional form on September 7, 1990, was a political determination that the history of Kosovo would carry forward toward independence and statehood,\u201d Acting President Haxhiu highlighted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Acting President of the Republic of Kosovo, Albulena Haxhiu, said that on September 7, 1990, amid severe repression and political persecution, the delegates of the Assembly of Kosovo gathered in Ka\u00e7anik and adopted the Ka\u00e7anik Constitution, providing a constitutional basis for the will expressed on July 2 for Kosovo to become a republic. \u201cAs Serbia was dismantling Kosovo\u2019s autonomy, abolishing its institutions and attempting to forcibly subjugate the political will of its citizens, the Ka\u00e7anik Constitution was the response of a people who refused to give up their right to define their own destiny. It is for this reason that its significance goes beyond the legal text adopted that day. It demonstrates that even under conditions of occupation and repression, Kosovo had the people, the knowledge and the will to give legal form to its political determination,\u201d Acting President Haxhiu said. She further added that behind its drafting was the work of jurists who, under extraordinary circumstances, built a constitutional order based on the will of the people of Kosovo, while the vote of the delegates embodied the courage of a generation that assumed the responsibility of giving the demand for a republic the form of a constitutional act. \u201cThe path that began with the July 2 Declaration and took constitutional form on September 7 continued through the resistance of the people of Kosovo, the liberation war and the sacrifice of many generations, leading to the liberation of the country and the declaration of independence on February 17, 2008,\u201d Acting President Haxhiu emphasized. Acting President Haxhiu further said that today, on the anniversary of the Ka\u00e7anik Constitution, we honour its drafters, the delegates who adopted it, and all those who, during the most difficult years, kept the demand for a republic alive. \u201cWhat took constitutional form on September 7, 1990, was a political determination that the history of Kosovo would carry forward toward independence and statehood,\u201d Acting President Haxhiu highlighted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":153756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n