Columnist Lumir Abdixhiku writes today that the possible election of Hashim Thaci - the man responsible for lack of progress and even regress in Kosovo - as president of Kosovo, will cause a loss of all respect for the institution of the president of Kosovo, or rather what is left of it. Abdixhiku lists numerous failures for which, in his view, Thaci is solely responsible, including why today, eight years after the declaration of independence, more than 50 percent of  youth are jobless, and why tens of thousands of people left Kosovo in 2014. Furthermore, Abdixhiku adds, Thaci is also to blame for Kosovo’s failed membership bid in UNESCO as he wasn't able to mobilize even the countries that already recognized the independence of Kosovo. As for the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue, Thaci was all too conceding and agreed to anything put forward to him at the negotiating table, he says. In contrast, Thaci was an “unseen rejecter” of the Kosovo Assembly’s demands for accountability. “Resolutions, requested for parliamentary hearings were totally irrelevant to him,” writes Abdixhiku. “Throughout his tenure, Thaci never managed to go beyond his provincial and dividing convictions. His statements were always inciting. He will be remembered as a tactless provocateur, untrusting partner, greedy capturer – never as a leader.” As the voting for his election gets underway, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) MPs should listen to the voice of their electorate against the prospect of Thaci becoming the new president of Kosovo and it is of very little importance whether these MPs will actually vote in favor or against Thaci. Their mere presence at the Assembly session secures the necessary quorum for Thaci’s election. “Friday will have to bring us a revival we so desperately need,” concludes Abdixhiku.