Tahiraj: LDK’s six MPs are unlikely to change their stance on the Kurti-Abdixhiku agreement

Activist and publicist Saim Tahiraj has assessed that the chances of the six LDK lawmakers who oppose the current agreement between Kurti and Abdixhiku voting in favor of it are very slim.

He said the situation was the result of the political responsibility of LDK Chairman Lumir Abdixhiku and had not arisen by chance.

According to Tahiraj, the six lawmakers are not expected to back down from their position and support the agreement.

“I believe that the chances of the six LDK lawmakers who oppose the current agreement between Kurti and Abdixhiku changing their position and voting in favor of it are minimal,” Tahiraj said.

The activist and publicist linked the crisis to the way the LDK leadership had acted, stressing that prior consultations and a thorough debate with all of the party’s lawmakers had been lacking.

“This situation is the result of Chairman Abdixhiku’s stubborn actions. The lack of consultations and a genuine discussion with all LDK lawmakers has put the party in an unnecessary and critical situation,” he said.

Tahiraj stressed that the failure to discuss the matter, the lack of consultation and the failure to reach a consensus with LDK lawmakers and structures constituted political responsibility that could not be avoided.

“The LDK chairman should serve as a unifying figure and a bridge, not become a factor of division or a source of conflict within the party,” Tahiraj said.

He also rejected the public accusations directed at the six lawmakers on television programs and in statements to reporters.

“Public attacks against these six lawmakers are not in keeping with the spirit and political culture of the LDK. They are even more inappropriate when they come from the party chairman, who should demonstrate maturity, political wisdom and the ability to unite people around important decisions,” he said.

According to him, the lawmakers were elected by the citizens and had a mandate, responsibility and the right to vote in accordance with their political convictions and conscience.

“A lawmaker’s mandate is not the property of the party chairman. A lawmaker has the right to decide according to their own convictions and conscience and cannot be forced to submit to party diktat or censorship,” Tahiraj stressed.

For this reason, he described the attempt to portray the six lawmakers as “blockers” of the process of establishing the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo as politically unacceptable.

“These six lawmakers are exercising their mandate and voting in accordance with their convictions. Therefore, labeling them as ‘blockers’ of the process of building the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo is politically unacceptable,” he said.

Tahiraj recalled that the Kosovo Assembly consists of 120 lawmakers, 100 of whom are Albanian. In his view, responsibility for the functioning of the institutions belongs to everyone.

“The Kosovo Assembly has 120 lawmakers, 100 of whom are Albanian, so the functioning of the institutions is a shared responsibility. However, the main political responsibility lies with the entity that came first in the elections, since it is responsible for forming a majority and building the institutions,” Tahiraj said.

He concluded his statement by saying that this responsibility was now clear to everyone.

“There is no longer any need to explain this only to analysts and politicians; even children are beginning to understand it,” he concluded.