The political crisis in which the Kosovo society is found may lead to new elections, says analyst Dukagjin Gorani, while Aleksandar Stojanovic believes that citizens are saturated with elections and that they are unnecessary.
Director of the Liberal Democratic Centre in Pristina, Dukagjin Gorani said on TV Show “Dogovor” that the society is currently in limbo due to the political crisis caused because of the forming of a new government therefore there might be new parliamentary elections.
“We’re in a difficult impasse from which we will get out by the culmination of the political crisis that is likely to manifest through repeated elections that may occur in late autumn. There may be a situation where Mr Thaci will try to form a government, but may not succeed because of arithmetic disagreements within the Assembly, since he simply does not have a number of 61 MPs and to grant the second term to opposition coalition. The coalition may have a number in the Assembly, but it is necessary to enter into a coalition with the Self-Determination.”
This, according to him, will depend on whether the Self-Determination will abandon its principles, including the termination of the Brussels talks.
On the other hand, Aleksandar Stojanović from the Centre for Development of Local Communities considers that the last message of Albin Kurti, that he doesn’t want to see the representatives of the Serbian List in the Institution in Kosovo, does not contribute to improving inter-ethnic relations.
“These kinds of statements are populist and flammable and I condemn them. And it is not only the last statement of Kurti, but also statements of the party deputies which are brutal and chauvinist with a dose of hatred and intolerance.”
Stojanovic, unlike Gorani, believes that a new election is unnecessary. “I’d like all to end without new elections. As for the north, we had them this year too many. People are fed up with turning out to vote every month, because what we have chosen, we have chosen with great difficulty, and if things do not start to work it will be bad for all of us. ”
Dukagjin Gorani considers that political change in Kosovo is necessary, but he does not believe that Ramush Haradinaj can bring these changes.
“We came to the challenge of fundamental changes that need to happen and we will have to find a way to organize ourselves politically, to change ourselves ideologically and change the way we see the world. Ramush Haradinaj does not belong to the consciousness that I expect, but at the present time Mr. Haradinaj was brought into the situation that he is a symbolic representative of the opposition thoughts against Mr. Thaci. I believe that in the following elections Kosovo’s political scene will be brought to a more normal state. Two blocks will be formed that likely will be made of conservatives, on the one side, and progressives, on the other,” said Gorani.
The greatest responsibility of in which way the society will move, according to Aleksandar Stojanovic, will depend on the political discourse of Albanians in Pristina.
“All the others who live in Kosovo will follow the flow. Or they will go towards democracy, or to some other destructive things. Same these changes is not easy to perform. The political parties that should be the base of political association do not function inside as they should. If we look at what is currently happening and how parties operate, it is very far away. In the election campaigns some programs are mentioned, however, then individuals in political parties usurp all the air and healthy work, so the parties cannot breathe within themselves. Those who are at the top of the party are acting populist and go for the emotions of people and the various social problems are not solved” said Stojanovic.
Dukagjin Gorani was an adviser in the Office of Prime Minister at the beginning of his second term. He says that he left Thaci because of the carelessness in conducting the economic and social issues.
It is believed that Thaci ran the government independently, which in his opinion is very dangerous for society and a democratic development.
“Over time, he has degraded that process so much, that people like me, saw their presence in the government as unnecessary and non-influential in any way, and then I decided to retire.”
Speaking of Oliver Ivanovic detention, Gorani and Stojanovic said that they expect this process to complete in revealing the truth.
“I hope that this will end so that justice will be brought to the place. Until then, I think of Mr. Ivanovic as an innocent man. He was my close associate and friend and I wish him all the luck and the truth to win,” said Gorani.
“We are looking for a man fair treatment and of the prosecution and of all those who are working in this process,” said Stojanovic.
