Muhaxhiri: Self-Determination wasn't well prepared for the campaign; the opposition has no strategy for Kurti

Political analyst Artan Muhaxhiri says that the campaign for the parliamentary elections will not be successful or transparent for the citizens. He believes that the Self-Determination Movement was not well prepared for the campaign, but that the opposition also lacks a strategy to "decode" the populist approach of Albin Kurti.

"Unfortunately, the first signs are not very promising, as it seems that the government of the Self-Determination Movement has not prepared well for these elections, where successes should have been shown in order to seek another mandate," Muhaxhiri said for Kosovo Online.

On the other hand, he points out that the opposition does not have a strategy to "decode" Kurti's populist approach.

"Even the opposition, primarily the PDK, LDK, and AAK, seems to have no strategy to decode the populist approach of Prime Minister Kurti. So, it seems that we will have a campaign based on personalization and stigmatization," Muhaxhiri predicts.

The announcement by Self-Determination that it will not participate in political debates on certain television stations is, for him, just another sign that the campaign will not be as successful or transparent for the citizens.
When it comes to Serbian parties, Muhaxhiri says that it will be "very indicative" due to all the events in the north.

"And how much the Serb List has managed to save its electorate, how much trust there will be in that party and the President of Serbia, and what support there will be for the Serb List and Vucic – right now, it is relative because the gap is large. This will certainly be a big sign – whether the Serb List wins 90 percent or if those percentages go down. That will be a message from the Serbian people for their political future," Muhaxhiri believes.

For the upcoming elections, 28 political entities with 1,280 candidates have been certified. On the ballot, citizens will be able to choose a political entity and up to ten candidates for members of parliament.