KTV’s editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes that the events of the last months in Kosovo could serve as indispensable lessons of political emancipation and sobriety with the first being that the time when two major political forces had to reach a coalition deal in order to achieve major political objectives is over. This, according to Kelmendi, was evident in the recent events in the Kosovo Assembly where the opposition parties, though small in numbers, chose unconventional means to oppose the majority-ruling coalition and achieved “relative” success. The second lesson that should be learnt is that the compactness, be it between ruling or opposition parties, is difficult to be maintained if it is a product of ad-hoc circumstances rather than of an agreement based on ideology, programme and personalities. This, again, is also visible in the case of the opposition parties whose unity was exhausted when it came to opening future topics regarding the division of power. In addition, there is discontent among the citizens with all political parties represented in the Assembly and this is already being reflected in initiatives aimed at including not only people inside politics who are not happy with their own parties but also people not previously associated with political life, writes Kelmendi. Finally, another lesson that political parties have initiated is related to the possible post-election coalitions. In this respect, Vetevendosje has already spoken of the possibility of a coalition with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) but without its leader Isa Mustafa. At the same time, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) do not rule out a coalition deal with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). Similarly, neither the LDK nor the PDK have dismissed possible coalition with any of the political parties. This in itself, notes Kelmendi, is not a bad thing as it encourages the parties to undergo reforms and makes them more resistant to manipulation.
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- Published: 8 years ago on 21/04/2016
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