Rushiti: The running for president was also the request of international partners, I felt I was part of the calculations.

Rushiti claimed to have accepted the candidate proposal with the conviction that he is a unifying figure.

By the belief that I'm a figure that's unifying. The demand for presidents has come from members of civil society, from survivors of sexual violence, from victims of war, and recently from international partners, and recently from Prime Minister Kurti. Thinking that my appearance on the stage represents a unifying figure, which in its hystroin has contributed to the cause contributing to the country”, she said.

After a long discussion with the prime minister, I have taken this responsibility with full conviction that I will be one of the candidates who was wanted not only by the Kurti Government, but also by opposition parties, to be a non-party and politically independent person and by civil society. I agreed to take this post to overcome myself for the sake of stabilising institutions and moving Kosovo forward. This candidacy has not been a ambition for power, only a sincere contribution to my country, as a non-party person, to elect the political stalemate that the country is going through”, he said further.

When asked which of the international actors asked her to run, she said they were the partners of the British Embassy in Kosovo.