Agim Rexhepi criticizes Përparim Rama: Municipalities need work, not organized political protests

Analyst Agim Rexhepi has reacted to Pristina Mayor Përparim Rama after the latter called for a protest against Albin Kurti.

In a Facebook post, Rexhepi said that Rama had crossed the line separating institutional duty from political activity. According to him, municipal leaders were elected to provide services to citizens, not to take on the role of organizers of political protests.

“Përparim – Municipalities need work, not orchestrated political protests,” Rexhepi wrote.

He titled his public reaction: “When mayors become organizers of political protests.”

Rexhepi said that Përparim Rama’s invitation, made on behalf of the mayors to protest against Albin Kurti, constituted a clear overstepping of the boundary separating institutional responsibility from the political agenda. He stressed that mayors had received their mandates to serve citizens, not to become leaders of political confrontations against a government or prime minister.

According to him, if the mayors have objections to the incumbent prime minister, Albin Kurti, they should present them as political individuals and on behalf of their respective political entities. Rexhepi described the use of institutional authority and the name of all the mayors for a political action as unacceptable, saying that this showed that some still had not understood that local government did not belong to political parties.

In conclusion, he repeated the message: “Përparim – Municipalities need work, not orchestrated political protests.”