Alliance calls for open negotiations with LVV and sets six conditions for the president

Following the opposition of six LDK lawmakers to the decision to support Bekim Sejdiu as Kosovo’s president, the Alliance says it can secure seven votes for the process. However, the party is demanding that its six strategic points be accepted and that talks with LVV leader Albin Kurti be held publicly. Kurti refused to consider the Alliance’s conditions, a position that political analysts have described as unhelpful.

The preliminary agreement between Albin Kurti and Lumir Abdixhiku provided for Bekim Sejdiu to be the candidate for the next president of the Republic. However, the opposition of six LDK lawmakers has made the vote count in the Assembly more difficult.

To secure the necessary support, Kurti could seek the Alliance’s seven votes, but this would be conditional on the approval of its six strategic points. So far, the leader of the Vetëvendosje Movement has shown no willingness to accept them.

Alliance lawmaker Burim Ramadani commented on Kurti’s position, saying that the rejection of the offer, made at the beginning of September after two months of waiting, shows that LVV is not seeking the Alliance’s seven votes. According to him, this could lead to citizens being punished, new elections and a lack of quorum, while accepting the six points would keep the Alliance part of the Assembly.

Ramadani stressed that the Alliance has never opposed a meeting with the head of LVV, but has requested that it be open and held in front of the cameras.

“We are not a lobbying organization, but a political party with political and public positions. The Alliance has not refused the meeting; on the contrary, it has requested it publicly and in front of the cameras. Mr. Gjini has nothing to hide from the people, while someone else wanted the meeting to be held in secret,” said Burim Ramadani, an Alliance lawmaker.

The Alliance lawmaker added that tonight also marks the end of the deadline, according to LVV’s political interpretation, for the constitution of the Assembly, while he described the call for September 9 as a provocation.

Political analyst Fitim Mulolli said he regretted Albin Kurti’s rejection of the Alliance’s six points. He said that an approach leaving room for negotiations or discussions would have been more measured and consensual.

According to Mulolli, following the opposition of the six LDK lawmakers, the Alliance’s votes have become even more important to keep the country from going to new elections, meaning the response to its demands should have been more constructive.

A few days ago, LDK leader Lumir Abdixhiku announced that Avdullah Hoti, Hykmete Bajrami, Kujtim Shala, Armend Zemaj, Arben Gashi and Janina Ymeri had decided not to implement the party Presidium’s decision to support Bekim Sejdiu for president.