Sljuka: An expert government is unlikely due to mistrust between the opposition and Self-Determination

Aleksandar Sljuka, associate at the NGO “New Social Initiative,” believes that it is unlikely that the idea of forming a non-partisan government led by Glauk Konjufca, composed of experts, will come to fruition, because there is significant mistrust between the opposition and Self-Determination due to everything that has happened over the past four years.

Sljuka points out that the opposition would be skeptical about whether the experts in such a government would act independently of Self-Determination.

He says the experts could exist only on paper, and if Self-Determination had a decisive role and Konjufca continued to pull all the strings as prime minister, such a scenario would be unacceptable to the opposition.

“The question is also who these experts would be. I’m not saying there aren’t experts who would act independently, but at this moment it is hard for the opposition to trust that. They would probably need to see the list of these people, and perhaps even propose some themselves in order to trust the process and vote for such a government. So far, I haven’t seen such a development, and I think it is unlikely that this idea will take hold,” he said.

In his view, the main issue in this scenario is the question of control over such a government, especially since Self-Determination has, over the past four years, created a polarized Kosovo, waging a political war against all critically minded actors.

“I don’t believe they would hand over control to anyone, even if it were a technocratic government. People will always look with suspicion at what their role is and how they influence that government. Considering everything that has happened in the previous period and the blockade in the Assembly, it is unlikely that we will see such a development at this time,” Sljuka concludes.