“Fasten your seat belts, promises are coming. This is only the beginning,” writes Lumir Abdixhiku in his editorial which details Prime Minister Thaçi’s promises made four years ago. He says that only the sober judgments made by citisens can scrutinize the crazy election promises made in exchange for votes. The champion in this process appears to be the Prime Minister, again. “Shouldn’t we judge a Government based on the past and not on the future?” asks Abdixhiku.
He says that the figures on the “fulfillment” of the promises made by this Government speak for themselves, and brings forward a detailed list on the unfulfilled promises, starting from the promises on foreign investments, dignifying the privatisation of PTK and the increased investments at Kosova C. During the last four years, this Government did not manage to increase even a million exports. Four years ago, this Government promised a zero tolerance policy on corruption. When the promise was made, Kosovo was ranked by Transparency International as 110th in terms of corruption; four years later, Kosovo is 111th. For four years, Kosovo was heaven for thieves. Four years ago, the number of unemployed in Kosovo was 695,000; now it is 735,000. Inflation in Kosovo at that time reached a record norm, at 8.3 percent; increasing three percent each year, it has now reached 15 percent. Four years ago, the public debt of Kosovo was zero, now it is 500 million…
Four years ago, the Prime Minister was promising a lot, because he had no idea about investments. However, now, he is promising super-development, super-businesses, super-sincerity, super-employment, super healthcare, education, and courts, because who knows what has he’s been doing for the last four years.
