Written by: Ramush Haradinaj
Albin Kurti is no longer a promise. He is a balance sheet.
Since 2019, Albin Kurti has sought the trust of citizens in the name of change. For a while, many people saw him as an alternative to the previous policy and as an opportunity for a stronger, fairer and more functional state. But that time has passed. Today he is no longer a promise. Today he is a balance sheet.
And his balance is not measured by the words he says about himself, but by the state of the country. The question is simple: has Kosovo become more stable, more functional and stronger as a state after all these years with Albin Kurti at the helm? The answer is no.
In these years we have seen crisis after crisis, blockade after blockade and continuous political and institutional clashes. The tension has returned to the way of governance. Even the recent developments with President Osmani and the Constitutional Court make it clear that the problem is not only with the opposition, nor only with the circumstances. The problem is Albin Kurti's model of power itself, which produces tension even within the highest institutions of the state.
This is the essential issue. A prime minister may have political differences with opponents, may have disagreements with partners, and may face difficult challenges. But when crises recur repeatedly, then we are no longer dealing with isolated cases. We are dealing with a pattern. And Albin Kurti's pattern is precisely this: permanent conflict, permanent mobilization, and much less state than was promised.
But the citizen of Kosovo does not live from the conflicts of the government. He lives from his salary, from work, from prices, from bills, from rent and from the security for his family. This is where the weakness of this government is felt most strongly. Life has become more difficult, prices have increased and families feel this every day. Yes, the government has distributed aid and increased allowances. No one is against helping the citizen. But aid is not development. Payment is not reform. Transfer is not economy.
Even the Albanian diaspora, which has given Albin Kurti strong political and emotional support for years, needs to see the balance of this government. Love for Kosovo is not measured only by applause for strong rhetoric, but also by the question of whether the country is becoming more livable, more functional and safer for investment, return and future. The diaspora does not need only symbolism, but for a state that works, for order, for law, for institutions that give confidence and for an economy that creates real opportunities.
A serious state is not measured only by what it distributes, but by what it builds. It is measured by the economy it strengthens, the projects it advances, the stability it creates and the confidence it gives its citizens that tomorrow can be better. This is precisely where Albin Kurti's great failure lies. He has known how to produce marketing, conflict and political division, but he has not known how to build a functional state, economic development and institutional peace to the same extent.
The problem is even deeper. Even if he wins again, this does not automatically mean stability for the country. Experience has shown us that even when he wins, the crisis does not disappear. It continues in new forms, because his model does not produce calm and institutional cooperation, but new clashes.
Kosovo does not need a prime minister who speaks every day as if in a campaign. It needs a state that works, institutions that respect each other, an economy that moves, and politics that builds. The citizen has the right today to demand not just another promise, but a simple accounting: what has all this power produced?
For this reason, it must be said clearly: Albin Kurti is no longer the hope of Kosovo. He is the balance sheet of an era that promised much, produced much conflict, and built less than it was obligated to build.
The time for promises is over. Now is the time for balance.
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