MP who used to be the gold vest to finance schooling

Mimoza Kusari-Lila began her political career as adviser to former Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi in 2003. From there Kusari-Lila has continued to hold the post of deputy prime minister and Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Kosovo. He later won the confidence of Gjakova citizens to be their leadership until past local elections. While now she has been re-elected Kosovo Parliament deputy.

Today, not only that, but also many popular personalities are viewed as fortunate people who have not faced difficulties in their lives. However, her life had not been so good to her when she was a teenager. Mimoza Kusari-Lila has confessed to the newspaper “Voice” that summer holidays during high school had not gone through like any other youth.

She has remembered the time when she had to work as a helper to help her family. There the Parliament's deputy had learned to wear the gold vest for the brides of the day. My first job, for which I'm paid, has been to help the tailor. A close relative engaged in tailoring, and on summer holidays during high school I am committed to learning the profession, but also to having the opportunity to gain something in the time of the deep economic, political and social crisis, which was Kosovo at the time. Besides that job, I even learned from many girls and boys in Gjakova that were made of gold vests, parts of which we worked on and paid for by their tradesmen. They were sold throughout Kosovo in markets for young brides marrying”, she has confessed.

Kusari-Lila said it was hard at the time, not work. She has recalled the moments when her parents worked hard to offer basic conditions and sometimes did not succeed, despite the school and the important jobs they carried, writes away “Zeri”.

Furthermore, she has confessed that her parents had always made it clear to her that the successful outcome of her studies should be in first place along with her work. My work hours have, of course, set the schedule for other activities, but in my family it was clearly communicated to me that school and education are the first, then work comes second. This was in some ways also setting priorities and making me more committed to completing studies started in times of deep crisis in parallel with keeping my job”.

Kusari-Lila for “Zrin” has confessed that the artisanal work was taken up until the age of 19 when he had found work in a company as a holder of the goods register, entered the warehouse and then sold. The same work, as she has confessed, has been done for three years in a row until she graduated. Shortly after graduation Kusari-Lila recalls that he had found work in the French organisation “The borderless Mire”, which supplied areas affected by fighting medical products and clothing.

Kusari-Lila said she never regretted her job to get where she is today. She even says that working and studying at the same time teaches you to appreciate time and important things in life. There's nothing wrong with the work to finance studies, only not to be wasted on studies, but to support them. I am very convinced that those who work and study at the same time learn to appreciate better times and learn many things about life, employment, and careers at the same time, she said.