When idealism dies (Koha Ditore)
Lumir Abdixhiku remarks in his column today that the five-month political stalemate ended in the most ‘frightful’ and ‘unreasonable’ scenario – that of two main political forces entering a coalition. No one can justify such a ‘union’ between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) except perhaps parties’ militants, writes Abdixhiku adding that international community also contributed to this union for fear of any possible destabilisation of Kosovo in face of future processes. “Kosovo finds itself today with a terrible collection of challenges; starting from economic revival, European integration, special court, up to fight against extremism and territorial integrity with Serbia. The new government, consisting of the same people who brought the country to this state, has the chance of a snowball in hell to change everything for the good. This is because the capturers continue to control all public financial resources, personal accommodations of agencies’ boards, and the persecuted security system”, writes Abdixhiku. There are two major processes that will definitely unfold during the PDK-LDK governance and the international friends have made sure of this, he says. One is the dialogue with Serbia and completion of North’s transformation and second, handing over every single one of the people wanted by the special court. Abdixhiku considers that it was precisely because of these two processes that the international community preferred to have in power a vast majority-Albanian government.