Harsh criticism of the opposition at the expense of Kurti's two-year rule

Members of the opposition parties at the assembly session today criticized the two-year rule of Prime Minister Albin Kurti, blaming him for the fact that the government failed to deal with the problems faced by the citizens of Kosovo in these two years and assessed that there had been no positive changes in Kosovo, RFE writes.

The departure of citizens for a better life in the countries of the European Union, and the high rate of unemployment and poverty, are some of the problems highlighted by members of the opposition parties.

"Never before have there been such long queues of young people and professionals in front of embassies to leave the country," Eliza Hoxha, the MP of the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo said.

The MP of the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Besnik Tahiri, said that with Kurti's government, Kosovo was poorer and that the citizens of Kosovo had lost hope in this government and had started moving out.

"Within 10 years, 30 percent of the population left Kosovo. I'm not saying that this trend just started, but when you say that this is the Government of Hope, the data that I presented to you is more disturbing than a year ago, so the trend is on the rise," Tahiri said.

Hykmete Bajrami, the MP from the opposition Democratic League of Kosovo, asked Prime Minister Kurti what had been the successes in the economy and what reform had been undertaken in the area of fiscal policy.

"You failed to do any fiscal reform, not a single project related to improving the business environment," Bajrami said.

Prime Minister Albin Kurti, responding to the deputies, said that the last two years had marked great achievements in the judiciary and employment.

"First, everyone agrees that the Kosovo Police did an outstanding job in the fight against organized crime. Since the beginning of the mandate, more than 850 police operations have been carried out, more than 3,200 people have been arrested, of which 301 are public servants, and 69 criminal groups have been destroyed," Kurti said.

When it comes to the accusations of the MPs of the opposition parties about the flight of young people due to the mismanagement of Kosovo, Kurti said that they continuously worked for every citizen without distinction and that they aimed to restore trust in institutions and to increase social welfare, in order to reduce emigration.

"From the beginning of the mandate until today, we have over 40,000 more employees," Kurti said.

The current government of Kosovo was formed on March 22, 2021, and the Self-Determination Movement, whose leader is Prime Minister Albin Kurti, won 50.28 percent of the votes in the extraordinary parliamentary elections on February 14, 2021.