KTV’s editor-in-chief, Adriatik Kelmendi, recalls that the last time an Assembly Speaker in Kosovo decided to form a political party of its own, led to the largest party at the time, LDK, lose next elections. He wonders whether this will again be the case when the present Speaker Jakup Krasniqi has left PDK for good and is about to form a new party and replies, “It is very likely Jakup Krasniqi will be for PDK what Nexhat Daci was for LDK in 2007.”
Kelmendi notes that Democratic Party of Kosovo was always identified through three of its top officials: Hashim Thaci, Fatmir Limaj, and Jakup Krasniqi. And the departure of the last two is difficult to be compensated by another figure as far as electorate support on the ground is concerned.
In the context of LDK’s growth, the split of Krasniqi and Limaj from PDK could result in putting the latter in opposition. At the same time, there are reports that this new party could enter a coalition with LDK and this would increase the likelihood for LDK leader, Isa Mustafa, to become future prime minister of Kosovo.
Kelmendi also writes about the arrest of Uke Rugova, son of the late Kosovo President, Ibrahim Rugova. He says the news is not “bombastic” and was expected no matter how hard it may be for the society in Kosovo to come to terms with the fact that the son of the symbol of Kosovo’s statehood is arrested for organized crime.
Other EULEX recent arrests, most notably of Serb leaders, Oliver Ivanovic and Dragoljub Delibasic, in the north of Kosovo seem to indicate that EULEX has finally realized that every action it takes needs some sort of political balance if it is to act with credibility in Kosovo.
