Hoxha: PDK does not unconditionally support Kurti’s candidate for president

Eliza Hoxha, an elected MP from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), has said that this political force will not give an unconditional vote to any name that may be proposed for president by acting Prime Minister and Vetëvendosje leader Albin Kurti.

According to Hoxha, other opposition parties are also not expected to support a candidate simply because of political pressure.

She said that the opposition cannot be, in her words, “a machine for the hand gestures of Kurti’s wishes in the Assembly,” stressing that opposition parties have obligations to their electorate and represent different approaches to the country’s development.

“One thing is clear: there will be no blank-check vote simply because of pressure that opposition parties must vote for whoever Kurti wants. You should know that not only the PDK, but I believe no opposition party will do this, because we are not machines for the hand gestures of Kurti’s wishes in the Assembly. We have a responsibility to people who have different convictions and ideas about the state, who have a different vision for development, and we must represent them in the Assembly of Kosovo,” Hoxha said.

She stressed that in order to reach a political agreement, there must be a willingness for dialogue, especially from the party that emerged victorious in the election.

Hoxha also said that the functioning of democracy requires a balance of power and the inclusion of all political forces, while opposing the concentration of authority in the hands of only one political party.

“Maturity, both in human terms and in political terms, comes when the sides are ready. Especially the winning side, even if it needs only a single vote, must sit down at the table and create opportunities to move forward. These opportunities, which in the past were created by other parties, have usually been labeled as ‘deals’ and demonized, but in fact democracy is what gives the smaller side a chance, gives unheard sides a chance and gives opposition parties a chance to balance power, so that a total concentration of power is not created in one political entity, if we want to live in a democracy,” she concluded.