Kosovo lacks political capacity

The first decade of Kosovo's statehood has shown that there is a lack of political capacity, and that a political elite that has full ownership in the state-building process has not been created.

During the launch of the analysis "Consolidation of the state: Review of the first decade of Kosovo as a state" by the Democracy for Development Institute (D4D), the presenter from D4D, Gersi Gashi, stated that the main problem is the advancement of laws without genuine discussion, where until now, within one year, 91 laws have been voted in an accelerated manner.

Speaking about the expectations, Gashi said it was predicted that within a few months there would be over 100 recognitions and in the political discourse throughout the first decade of Kosovo's citizenship, it was considered a success, regardless of which countries recognized the country.

On the basis of this report, it appears that the three main problems of the citizens of Kosovo, even after 10 years of independence, continue to be unemployment, corruption and raising the quality of health.

According to the Democracy for Development Institute, the solution of problems for citizens has been the last in Kosovo's policy-making in this decade, since even the creation of independent agencies has enabled policy-makers to hire party people.

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As for the division of powers, according to the D4D report, there is a blur in this aspect, and that the powers of the president depend a lot on the person who is in that position, rather than on the position itself.

According to this report, even after 10 years of the declaration of Kosovo's independence, the main problems of the citizens remain unemployment, corruption and the quality of health care, problems that have not yet found a solution.

Naim Rashiti from the Balkan Group for Politics in Kosovo has concluded that the state-building process of Kosovo has been ad-hoc, and that throughout these 10 years it has been observed that there is a lack of political capacity and a political elite that has ownership has not been created complete in the state-building process.

He stated that each government in Kosovo until now has had great ambitions, but that great political incompetence has prevented their realization.

UP professor Bekim Baliqi said that there is a big discrepancy between what are the needs of the citizens and what are the main goals of the policy-makers in Kosovo.

According to him, the institutions of the country in these 10 years of independence have made a big mistake in terms of the development of public policies, since the main focus has been on big topics such as demarcation, visa liberalization.

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Simon Ilse from the Regional Office of Heinrich Boll Stifung in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, said that the society should be mobilized more to influence the policy-making in Kosovo.

The research and publication of "State Consolidation: Review of Kosovo's First Decade as a State" was developed in partnership with the Heinrich Boll Foundation.