Fatos Lubonja comments on Albin Kurti's victory

Analyst and publicist Fatos Lubonja has commented on Vetevendosje Movement (LVV)'s victory in Kosovo's early central elections, stressing that the main challenge that will have to meet the leader of this political force, Albin Kurti, is the restoration of dialogue with Albania, as well as the normalisation of bilateral relations between the countries.

Making an industry, Lubonja has referred to victory and contraction of the leftist party electorate in Greece and Italy, respectively, “Syriza” and antisystem movement “Cinque Stelle”, to support his reasoning that perhaps the same, in the governance of “Determination” will note a gap between reality and promises.

“Cipras and 5 stars in Italy show and talk about the gap between promises, ideals and reality, but if referred to concretely, Cypras was defeated from Europe because he had a huge burden (borgin) that Kosovo does not have as a problem. Albin has the most difficult issue in this respect of talks with Serbia, than will be realistic and consistent with what he said earlier. It remains consistent with the idea that it has propaganded for a united Albania, which it does not say but leaves as a project, speaks of two states but one nation. It is a bit problematic in this regard that the nation state is different from a nation without a state. However, I think his biggest challenge is to build the rule of law, a social state, a state where Albanians trust him. If you do, the future union doesn't matter much”, Lubonja said.

Asked about the possibility of refusing internationals for the format of a new government in Kosovo under Kurti's leadership, Lubonja has expressed spectacularly, adding that this very political figure has given Albania's Albanians an example of acting on the best.

“I think Albin Kurti has had an important merit, has given an example to Albania's Albanians that we cannot be so dependent on the international community. The international community decides our fate when we delegate it to them, because we cannot bear those responsibilities. I don't believe it's an international community that would dictate who Kosovo's prime minister will be. ”- said the analyst.

Furthermore, placing the electoral process in Kosovo and the election processes in Albania on a comparison level, Lubonja said that the gap lies, not in the problem of the system, but in the honesty and will of political parties. According to him, failure to function the electoral system has to do with the fact that “we do not respect the law, but we have more respect for cheating”.

This has nothing to do with the electoral system. We have tried the electoral systems and that immediate count at the polling centres and surveillance centres with cameras, and the independent count of parties, and the count of the parties that check they don't trust each other. What has made the electoral system not functioning is the fact that we do not respect the law, but we have more respect for the fraud. There has been a lack of will, the honesty of the political class since it comes to elections has to say we shouldn't put hands on it. It's not an electoral code issue, after 30 years of putting evil on the Electoral Code is being out of the question. It remains to us to respect the law, not the laws we have”, Lubonja declared.