Arifi Reiterates AAK’s موقف on the President: We Will Remain in the Hall Only if 6 Demands Are Met

Alliance member Avni Arifi said that his political force is interested in institutional stability, but under no circumstances will it submit to the Vetëvendosje Movement.

He said that the Alliance is not aiming to join a government with LVV, while they will remain in the session for the election of the president only if the six conditions that this party has set for LVV are fulfilled.

“The Alliance does not submit to anyone at any price; it has its own convictions, it has its own vision, but is the Alliance ready to go one step further in restoring stability if they take the political strength that the Alliance has? The Alliance has gone beyond itself and has offered blank support, which has not happened, at least not in post-war Kosovo, that those 7 votes you have are offered to the party that came first in exchange for 6 projects that are vital for the citizen and not for the party… I am also talking about the VAT threshold and American gas… in exchange for the vote we are ready to go beyond ourselves; we do not want a political agreement with LVV in terms of participation in government, we do not want power, we do not want to govern with Albin Kurti and LVV’s program, but if they implement these 6 points that we have given them, then AAK’s 7 deputies will remain in the session for the election of the president. No, the Alliance does not have a candidate for president.”

The conditions presented by AAK chairman Ardian Gjini a few days earlier are:

Strategic Orientation and American Gas – Immediate acceptance of the American gas project as a vital state priority.

Energy Independence – Immediate start of procedures for the construction of the new coal-fired power plant.

Relief for Small Businesses – Immediate increase of the VAT threshold from 30 thousand euros to 100 thousand euros.

Support for Agriculture – Full exemption of cultivated land from property tax in order to encourage domestic production.

Infrastructure Budgeting – Full budget financing of road and capital projects that have remained suspended.

Emergency Fund for the Capital – Allocation of 800 million to 1 billion euros in capital investments for Pristina.