Who is the model youth politician in Kosovo? The first course on the list, Wessel

A study by the Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) shows 61.5% of young people think things in the country are not going in the right direction.

In this research among young voters aged 18 to 22 with regard to their behaviour, attitudes and political preferences, Ahmet Rushiti from KDI said that in question whether parliamentary elections would be held tomorrow, 62.6% of young people have declared they will participate in the elections.

“While, who would have voted for if parliamentary elections were held tomorrow according to research: 27.1% would vote LV, 19% PDK, 18.1% The LDK, AAK 11%, Initiative for Kosovo 2.7%, Serbian List 1.4%, New Kosovo Alliance, 1.2%, Alternative 0.3%, other parties 1.5%, have already refused to respond to 17.7%”, Rushiti said.

Research has shown that young people's main concerns are unemployment by 68.7%, visa liberalisation by 61.9%, health by 57.1%, fighting corruption by 50.2% and economic development 45%.

Rushiti has stressed that young people have been asked to give a name for who in their opinion is a model politician for them.

“is 25.2% of respondents who have said they do not have any model politician. 13.7% have claimed that Albin Kurti is a model politician for them, followed by Ramush Haradinaj 7.8%, Vjosa Osmani 7.4%, Shpend Ahmeti 7.3%, Hashim Thaci 7% and Kadri Veselini with 5.8%. There is another large number of personalities that young people have declared, but at a lower percentage of”, he has made known.

Eugen Cakoli from KDI has made it known that young people surveyed have also been asked about the work and performance of the Government. He has said that based on research, her work is deemed weak and inefficient by 70% of the young people surveyed, while the rest consider that the government is unfairly criticised, despite good work.

“71.9% of respondents have seen Government as representative of the interests of a small group of people, while 28.1 estimate the Government works in the general civic interest”, he added.

Cakolli has stressed that data is disturbing that only about 15% of respondents have claimed to have communicated with any politician or have participated in any debate with political party officials.

Meanwhile, it has noted that in terms of reasons why young people have become involved or would join political parties, 54.9% of respondents see political party membership as opportunities for easier employment.

The questionnaire has contained about 50 questions, while the final report and comparison to last year will be released during February of next year.