{"id":78923,"date":"2025-05-27T19:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=78923"},"modified":"2025-05-27T21:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:59:00","slug":"120-empty-chairs-outside-kosovos-parliament-protest-against-political-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/120-empty-chairs-outside-kosovos-parliament-protest-against-political-deadlock\/","title":{"rendered":"120 Empty Chairs Outside Kosovo\u2019s Parliament: Protest Against Political Deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-24\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"50e4a94a-dccd-4c2d-868d-f4efa33aae3c\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"328\">In response to the ongoing political stalemate in the Kosovo Assembly, civil society organizations staged a symbolic protest today by placing 120 empty chairs outside the Parliament building, reflecting the number of seats in the legislature.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"647\">The protest aimed to express public frustration over the Assembly&#8217;s dysfunction. Some of the chairs featured placards with messages like:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"647\">\u201cPoliticians have stopped the clock,\u201d \u201cThe Assembly is non-functional\u2014please try again later,\u201d \u201cThis is not a TV series, this is our state,\u201d and \u201cThe circus of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"729\">The chair representing the speaker of the Assembly bore a single word: \u201cEnough!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"843\">Eugen Cakolli from the Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) called the situation paradoxical and deeply concerning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"1016\">Meanwhile, Rrezarta Krasniqi urged all political parties to engage in meaningful dialogue to break the deadlock. 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