Columnist Lumir Abdixhiku provides an analysis of the opposition in Kosovo, namely the two leading opposition parties, Democratic League of Kosovo and Vetevendosje. He says that at a time when the ruling party, Democratic Party of Kosovo, is busy making all sorts of pre-election promises, opposition parties are nowhere in sight.
To try to explain to someone that the whole economy has been given in exchange for increase of salaries, is difficult; to explain that reserved seats at the Assembly are being granted in exchange for creation of an army, is also difficult; it is even more difficult to explain that health, knowledge, and business will be given in exchange for the super-costly highway to Skopje will cost. But this is precisely what the role of the opposition is: to explain the unexplainable, remarks Abdixhiku.
As far as LDK is concerned, the columnist claims that it has made itself way too comfortable following the result of local elections but this is a false comfort as the party has a total lack of creative energy to oppose the ruling party and its approach is mainly confined to holding some “lifeless” press conferences. LDK seems to have forgotten that certain issues relating to elections, if not addressed, will certainly keep the party away from the leading position in the political scene. The party is under the wrong impression that it won local elections when in fact, it was the PDK that lost votes while LDK’s electorate did not grow. Another aspect that LDK needs to tackle if it wishes to become a tough competition for PDK is the lack of ideas and alternatives.
Vetevendosje on the other hand risks entering elections “handicapped” from its activity in the capital, Pristina, considers Abdixhiku. Some of the leading figures of Vetevendosje will not even be running in elections and as a result, the centre is left empty. The only way it could be filled is if the Movement manages to transform and open more. Apart from this, Vetevendosje also paralyses itself by its persistent stance that it would not form a coalition with any other party.
“Regardless of everything, for the time being, it seems everyone in the opposition have decided to show their cards at the end; therefore, for the time being, they are nowhere,” concludes Abdixhiku.
