{"id":25152,"date":"2021-11-15T10:39:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T09:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=25152"},"modified":"2021-11-15T10:45:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T09:45:21","slug":"lvv-let-its-guard-down-kurti-thought-all-it-took-to-win-was-his-name-says-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/lvv-let-its-guard-down-kurti-thought-all-it-took-to-win-was-his-name-says-analyst\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;LVV let its guard down&#8217;, Kurti thought all it took to win was his name, says analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSelf-determination Movement (LVV) has never been a consolidated political subject when it comes to all of its local branches in Kosovo\u2019. These were the opening remarks of analyst Bekim Kabashi, in his interview for Euronews Albania, the morning after Kosovo\u2019s 2021 Local Elections officially wrapped up.<\/p>\n<p>According to the analyst, LVV hasn\u2019t presented a communal offer, but rather a central government offer \u2013 an offer coming directly from Albin Kurti.<\/p>\n<p>Kabashi also noted that LVV was careless this time around because Kurti became too comfortable after his landslide victory on February 14\u2019s parliamentary elections and thought that all it took to win in these mayoral elections was his name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no longer such thing as a loyal or militant electorate. Everything depends on the offer presented by each candidate,\u201d \u2013 argued Kabashi.<\/p>\n<p>LVV was only able to declare victory in one out of Kosovo\u2019s four main communes.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo (LDK) claimed a landslide victory, which also granted it the lead of Kosovo\u2019s capital, Prishtina, where the newly mayor-elect Perparim Rama, will be in charge for the next 4 years.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of counting, LDK\u2019s candidate, Perparim Rama was able to win 51.07% as opposed to Arbin Vitia\u2019s 48.93%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/11\/14\/shpend-ahmeti-congratulates-perparim-rama-on-winning\/\">Shpend Ahmeti congratulates Perparim Rama on winning<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/11\/14\/live-results-ldk-and-pdk-win-5-municipalities-vv-secures-4-victories\/\">Kosovo runoff election results: LDK and PDK win 5 municipalities, VV secures 4 victories<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/11\/14\/pdk-the-people-turned-their-back-on-albin-kurti\/\">PDK: The people turned their back on Albin Kurti<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSelf-determination Movement (LVV) has never been a consolidated political subject when it comes to all of its local branches in Kosovo\u2019. 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