Andin Hoti, acting minister of the Ministry of Labor, Family and Liberation War Values and also an MP from VV, has reacted strongly to the political deadlock surrounding the establishment of Kosovo’s new institutions. He accused the opposition parties of acting against the will expressed by citizens in the parliamentary elections.
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In his public response, Hoti directed particular criticism at the PDK, AAK and LDK. According to him, these parties’ positions are irresponsible and stem from party interests, while their refusal to hold talks and the conditions they are imposing are preventing state institutions from becoming operational, “Bota sot” reports.
He stressed that the political entities that secured seats in the Assembly have a duty, both politically and institutionally, to contribute to reaching a solution. According to Hoti, they must not evade responsibility or seek through negotiations what they did not receive from the citizens’ vote.
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According to Hoti, the current developments in Kosovo have gone beyond political irresponsibility and have turned into contempt for the will of the citizens.
He says the PDK and AAK have chosen the easiest option for themselves, but not for the citizens and Kosovo: they have given up, withdrawn from every negotiation process and then blamed others from a distance.
Hoti reminds them that the leaders of political parties are not “directors of mushroom companies.” They lead political entities that received votes from citizens and seats in the Assembly of the Republic, and therefore have a political, democratic and institutional obligation to sit down and discuss the establishment of the country’s institutions.
Regarding the PDK, he says its position is not to take even a single step, adding that this is also where “their love for the state ends.”
Meanwhile, he accuses the AAK of engaging in an ugly game by setting conditions and presenting them as a sacrifice for the good of the citizens, as though Kosovo’s salvation had suddenly been found there. Hoti says the party forgets that it has been in power dozens of times, yet it did not treat many of these “vital causes” either as political priorities or with serious plans, much less implement them while it was in government.
He claims that after Albin Kurti led a government that strengthened the state’s sovereignty and moved Kosovo forward in many areas, these parties are now resorting to base political maneuvers and trying to present themselves to citizens as saviors.
Hoti calls this disgusting.
Regarding the LDK, he says that instead of accepting the election result as it is, the party is trying to use the citizens’ vote as a tool for internal bargaining. According to him, the party aims to placate its internal ambitions and problems by obtaining institutional posts that citizens did not grant it through their votes.
He firmly rejects this approach.
According to Hoti, democracy cannot function this way.
He stresses that the latest elections, just like the previous two elections, sent a political signal that cannot be undone through agreements behind closed doors: citizens have made it clear whom they entrust with the primary responsibility for governing.
Hoti insists that the will of the people cannot become an object of trade.
According to him, a party cannot lose the elections and then demand at the negotiating table what citizens did not give it at the ballot box.
He believes that the establishment of functioning institutions and the will of the citizens are being held hostage because of party and personal interests and narrow political calculations.
Then, he adds, those same people come out and ask in astonishment: “Why are the institutions not being formed?”
Hoti’s answer is that some consider blocking Albin Kurti more important than unblocking Kosovo.
He adds that, for some, it appears that any other outcome is acceptable, but not the one determined by the people.
According to him, such conduct does not constitute opposition politics.
Hoti describes it as political madness.
He underlines that Kosovo does not belong to any party and that institutions are not spoils to be divided until everyone fulfills their own ambitions.
Finally, Hoti calls on everyone to exercise precisely the responsibility entrusted to them by the vote.
No more and no less.
