Blazic: Kurti is trying to mask his political and economic debacle

Researcher at the Center for Social Stability Marko Blazic assesses that Prime Minister Albin Kurti, by presenting incorrect data on the number of citizens who have left Kosovo, aims to mask his political debacle and the catastrophic economic situation.

"The census results are catastrophic. Every state develops its economic development strategy, social policy, and demographic policy based on the data from the population census. When you do this poorly and deliberately present incorrect results, you jeopardize your state's strategy for the future. We see that Albin Kurti does not care about this. To mask his political debacle and economic catastrophe, he deliberately presents incorrect and unclear census data. This will have consequences in the future," Blazic told Kosovo Online.

He states that the number of people who have left Kosovo is much higher than reported and that this was most evident in January, when all flights and bus lines were fully booked.

"It is clear that the economic situation in our southern province is catastrophic, primarily caused by Albin Kurti's extreme policies. We do not have a single major investment realized in Kosovo and Metohija, the inflow of foreign direct investments is at the lowest level, and we do not have a single major infrastructure project being implemented. As a result of all this, we also have visa liberalization, which the EU granted to citizens holding the so-called Kosovo passport, leading to a massive outflow of the population. We see that Albin Kurti is trying to mask the reality of how many people have actually left Kosovo and Metohija. We can now say that the figure is certainly over 200,000 in four years. It is very likely much higher," Blazic concludes.