Government party has been a favorite in the electoral dispute since 2008, when the then Serbian province became independent; Prime Minister, Albin Kurte, seeks to eradicate the influence of the neighboring country
The population of Voting, on Sunday (9), in a legislative election in which the Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, seeks to eradicate the influence of Serbian, in the face of an opposition that promises to strengthen the economy. Kurti and his party Vetevendoje (“self -determination” or VV) campaigned to dismantle what remains of Serbian institutions in Kosovo, while expanding government reach to Serbian majority areas.
“Sunday will be a historic referendum,” Kurti said in a rally on Friday night in Pristina, the capital of the territory that separated from in 2008. Hostility between Kosovo and Serbia persists since the 1990s war between the Serbian forces and the Albanian insurgents of Kosovo. Belgrade refused to recognize Kosovo’s declaration of independence.
Since reaching power in 2021, Kurti has sought to implement a policy of resistance to Serbia. Their initiatives were well received by much of Kosovo’s most albanian, and one of the few available research projects that the VV can earn about half of the votes.
Kurti’s campaign insists that the government has more control over Kosovo’s territory than at any other time since independence. The country has a population of 1.6 million inhabitants and another 800,000 abroad, especially in Germany and Switzerland.
After the end of the war, the remaining Serbian government institutions continued to provide education – from health to education – to the Serbs within Kosovo. But Kurti tried to end this last year. Many of Kurti’s rivals, spread over 20 opposition parties, have concentrated their campaign on economic uncertainty in Kosovo, one of the poorest countries in Europe, where much of its population has migrated since 2011.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira
