Deputy President of the Assembly of Kosovo Xhavit Haliti, says the relations between the opposition and political majority at the Assembly, have been strained and conflicting, ever since its delayed constitution. In fact, he adds, relations are inexistent. He notes that issuance of the arrest warrant for four MPs of the opposition and Albin Kurti’s public arrest by the police, during the Flag Day at Vetevenodsje headquarters, has seriously damaged and even closed ways to discussions and dialogue.
Haliti considers that the current disagreements in Kosovo have deepened the gap between coalition government and opposition and they radicalized politics, endangering the present and the future of Kosovo. According to him, the alliance of the opposition parties is sliding towards a revolutionary position in order to take over the governing, just as governing political parties are sliding toward repressive sequences in order to defend the institutions and order from violent actions of the protesters in the streets and from some MPs at Assembly hall.
In democracy, writes Haliti, competing political forces do not consider and do not treat each other as opponents and even less as enemies, but as different in the approach toward the goals and benefits of the country. “Here, in our state, the parliamentary opposition dares to accuse the government, not simply as its enemy, but also as sold and in service of Belgrade. All of us, actively involved in political life, despite our personal CVs and age, are young in knowing the practice, culture, coexistence, cooperation, political game, ways, and manners of the protest toward the government, respect of the law, state institutions, and vote. Inexperienced in building normal, natural functioning democracy, we are still close to the tradition of resolving issues with violent means. And it appears that the opposition has chosen this very road to overcome the political stalemate,” writes Xhaviti. He adds that opposition has excluded the only connecting bridge among the opponent political forces that of dialogue, based on the amount and value of arguments. Xhaviti further points out the Albanian tradition which acted based on arguments, the power of word and mutual trust, to reconcile hostilities. He believes the political parties would be capable of resolving the current disputes. “Political stalemate can be resolved only by us and I am convinced that patriotism will prevail at each political team in Kosovo,” concludes Haliti.
