U n NDP: Bie citizens' satisfaction for Kurti and Osmani grows for courts and prosecutors

Citizens' satisfaction with the work of President Vjosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Chief Parliamentary Glauk Konjufca has fallen in the latest measurements of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

This has been made known at a conference where public pulse measurements are presented, which take place every six months.

Measures are made for the April period November 2023. UNDP measurements take place every six months.

Their claim is that contentment for President Osman has dropped from 60.3 to 56.2 percent.

UNDP scores say that from 51.5 per cent, satisfaction for Prime Minister Kurti has dropped to 48.9 per cent, while for his cabinet from 45.8 per cent to 41.8 per cent.

Most of the decline by state leaders has been experienced by Chief Parliamentary Glauk Konjufca. From 58.3, contentment has dropped to 52.2 percent. For the Assembly, there is satisfaction 38.7 percent from 46.4 earlier.

Courts of 29 percent in the latest measurements have increased by 29.3 percent.

Meanwhile, the prosecution from 29 has increased to 30 percent.

To see what the UNDP's measurement results were like in 2023 click on this link: https://www.undp.org/sits/g/files/zskgke326/files/2023-07/undp-alp.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1e p1vvQxClHLFjksBPjv9GfmfffrxHP3CIGL-tHQ2XJJJRJJRJRJJJJJJJJJAyoso

UNDP Communications:

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kosovo published today the 25th edition of the Public Pulse Summary.

Public Pulse opinion polls highlight people's perceptions of socio-economic, political, security and environment issues. Public Pulse Summary 25 is based on data collected from November 8th to November 27, 1923, and reflects the opinion of more than 1,300 respondents over 18. Data collected through this survey is broken down by gender and ethnic affiliation to provide information on possible differences in citizens' perceptions of different development issues in Kosovo.

Some of the main findings of the opinion poll include:

• The data shows that an average of 42.44% of respondents are satisfied with the work of central Kosovo institutions.

• Contentment with the work of the executive cabinet is marked at 41.8%, while satisfaction with the prime minister's work is marked at 48.9%.

• The satisfaction with the Assembly was 38.7%, while satisfaction with the Speaker of the Assembly was 52.2%.

• Pleasure with the President is recorded at 56.2%.

• The degree of satisfaction was 29.3% against courts and 30% against the Prosecutor.

• The three main issues reported during this survey were poverty (28.6%), unemployment (19.2%) and prices for essential articles (8.9%). Healthcare services (.8%) and urban space problems (3.8%) were among the five main problems identified.

• Declassified data according to ethnic affiliation showed that poverty was listed as the main problem for Kosovo Albanians (28.6%) and other Kosovo communities (29.5%), while urban space problems (19.5%) were listed as the main problem for Kosovo Serbs. While unemployment was the second most urgent issue for 20.2% of Kosovo Albanians and 13.8% of Kosovo Serbs, electricity ranked second for 14.5% of the other Kosovo communities.

• The findings showed a drop in security among those surveyed with 79.73% who felt safe while on the street. The genus-tied data showed that more men (80%) than women (78.9%) said they feel safe when they are outside.

• 37.6% of Kosovo Serbs said they felt safe when they were out on the street (6.2% said they felt very secure, while 31.4% to a certain degree). 80.8% of Kosovo Albanians reported feeling safe (with 25.1% feeling very secure and 55.7% feel to a certain degree). As for other Kosovo communities, 80% have reported feeling safe (with 12.5% feeling very secure and 67.5% feel to some degree safe).

• The November 2023 Public Pulse Opinion Survey recorded a slight increase in the (DI) Democratic Index and an increase in the Economic Stability Index (ECI). More specifically, the current DI has grown by 0.01 points to 1.49, while the TEC has grown by 0.15 points to 1.18.

• A positive increase in people's perception of economic direction has been noted in the November 2023 opinion survey. A total of 20.23% were very satisfied or satisfied with the economic direction Kosovo is currently heading towards.

• The biggest changes in widespread corruption perception are noted in the following institutions: Kosovo police (from 7.3% to 17.9%) and the municipalities (from 15.8% to 21.7%). A positive decline in the perception of large-scale corruption has been observed in courts (from 37.7% to 28..8%).

• 63.7% of respondents have stressed that information through the media is how they assess the presence of large-scale corruption in Kosovo, while a total of 30.5% of respondents have claimed that conversations with relatives and friends have formed the basis of their opinion regarding the extent of corruption. Only 5.5% of respondents claimed personal experiences shaped their perception of widespread corruption.

• Those surveyed were asked about the chances of voting if the central elections were held soon. A total of 72.8% of respondents claimed they would vote if the central elections were held soon.

• The November 2023 opinion data showed that 59.3% of Kosovo Albanians and 32.4% of Kosovo Serbs believed (completely or somewhat) that the agreement on the road to normalising relations between Kosovo and Serbia will positively affect the lives of Kosovo citizens, while 62.5% of the other Kosovo communities believed (completely or somewhat) that the agreement will positively affect the lives of Kosovo citizens.