{"id":23118,"date":"2021-10-19T21:12:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T19:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=23118"},"modified":"2021-10-19T21:17:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T19:17:30","slug":"bushati-on-kurtis-vv-losing-after-making-no-attempts-to-buy-votes-or-manipulate-the-elections-is-a-virtue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/bushati-on-kurtis-vv-losing-after-making-no-attempts-to-buy-votes-or-manipulate-the-elections-is-a-virtue\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushati on Kurti&#8217;s VV: Losing after making no attempts to buy votes is a virtue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During tonight\u2019s \u2018Shock\u2019 on Euronews Albania, focused on local politics and social commentary, analyst Andi Bushati said that Albin Kurit\u2019s \u201closs\u201d in Kosovo\u2019s local elections, without him making any single attempt to manipulate the process or buy votes, is a true sign of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bushati, if we compare this to what usually happens in Albania during our electoral processes, LVV\u2019s final result in these last polls, even if it goes down as a \u2018failure\u2019, it will nonetheless be remembered as a merit of the central government.<\/p>\n<p>Bushati referred to the incident in the commune of Skenderaj, where a mobilized opposition group tried to get votes at gunpoint, just because they wanted someone else in government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlbin Kurti is being labeled an authoritarian leader, a Hugo Chavez. An authoritarian leader that gets [opposition] commandos grab votes by force with Kalashnikovs, somewhere in Skenderaj. Let me tell you, you can\u2019t have both.<\/p>\n<p>Either he is too weak and should have exercised the law [in Skenderaj] or we have to accept that we\u2019ve all of a sudden changed our understanding of concepts such as \u2018democratic leader\u2019 as opposed to \u2018dictator\u2019,\u201d \u2013 argued Bushati.<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, analyst Baton Haxhiu believes that PM Kurti\u2019s authority has gone down with his party\u2019s low scores in the local elections.<\/p>\n<p>And according to Haxhiu, this will make it harder for Kurti to put into practice, the promises, which got him elected in the first place on February 14, like the dialogue with Serbia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/shock\/2021\/10\/18\/baton-haxhiu-reason-behind-vetevendosjes-poor-score-is-kurti\/\">Baton Haxhiu: Reason behind Vetevendosje\u2019s poor score is Kurti<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/shock\/2021\/10\/13\/baton-haxhiu-kurti-has-turned-into-an-incompetent-person-running-the-government\/\">Baton Haxhiu: Kurti has turned into an incompetent person running the government<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/10\/13\/tensions-escalate-in-northern-kosovo-as-serbian-minorities-clash-with-cops-during-anti-smuggling-raid\/\">Tensions rise in northern Kosovo as Serb minorities clash with cops during anti-smuggling raid<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu23036\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu22473\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During tonight\u2019s \u2018Shock\u2019 on Euronews Albania, focused on local politics and social commentary, analyst Andi Bushati said that Albin Kurit\u2019s \u201closs\u201d in Kosovo\u2019s local elections, without him making any single attempt to manipulate the process or buy votes, is a true sign of democracy. 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