Bajrami: Kurti appeared in front of the citizens and promised what he has not done for 6 years
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Express Newspaper
13/09/2026 16:36
LDK deputy, Hykmete Bajrami, took stock of Albin Kurti’s government.
Referring to Kurti’s resume presentation to the Assembly, Bajrami said that he promised what he did not do for 6 years.
Hykmete Bajram’s post on Facebook:
The question is no longer: What was Albin Kurti promising?
The question is:
Why didn’t he do what he promised for six years?
Because after six years in power, citizens no longer judge by promises, they judge by results.
He promised as if he is starting his first term today. As if he has not been in power for almost six years. As if he did not have the Government, the majority in the Assembly, over 20 billion euro budget and the opportunity to do exactly what he promised today.
But the citizens should judge him not for what he is promising today, but for what he has done during these years.
And the balance is this:
- He promised economic development and transformation – he did not. All that has happened in the economy is the enormous increase in prices and the reduction of the consumption basket.
- He promised jobs and welfare – thousands of young people and professionals have left Kosovo. According to EUROSTAT, every year over 40,000 citizens from Kosovo receive work visas in the EU alone.
- He promised meritocracy – today there is no independent institution. Kurti brought militancy, familyism and party jobs.
- He promised to fight corruption – his rule was characterized by thousands of negotiated contracts, tenders with whatsapp groups and dozens of other affairs.
- He promised justice – all the time, almost 1/3 of the cabinet saw ministers with indictments, now also with convicts.
- He promised the rule of law – his government has violated the Constitution more than 20 times.
- He promised strong institutions – today we have an institutional crisis, constitutional deadlines exceeded and blockades everywhere.
- He promised depoliticization – public institutions and enterprises were filled with party militants.
- He promised 160 nurseries – he did not build them.
- He promised housing for young couples – he didn’t do it for five or six years.
- He promised reform in education – no reform, see PISA results. Education continues with old and new problems, without the promised reform and without quality improvement. He clashed with teachers and unions instead of turning them into reform partners.
- He promised to improve health – waiting lists continue, drugs and materials are missing, while citizens continue to be forced to seek services in the private sector. Doctors and health professionals continued to leave the country.
- He promised capital investments – no roads were completed for six years, projects were delayed, many roads remained unfinished and the budgeted millions of euros were never turned into projects for citizens.
- It promised a productive economy – the trade deficit reached an unprecedented record and import dependence remained high.
- Promised foreign investment – where is that investment?
- He promised energy and energy security – instead the citizens received energy price hikes, reductions and over a billion euros in energy imports.
- KEK, KOSTT, ERO and the entire energy sector are under the control of the government.
- He promised a war against monopolies and the energy mafia – instead we have licenses for Vuk Hamovic’s company, high-cost energy trade and transport and other affairs.
- He promised to strengthen the international position – we have never had colder relations with the allies.
- He promised European integration – Kosovo has been under sanctions from the EU for 960 days, we lost time, opportunities and hundreds of millions of euros in donations, in a period when the countries of the region are moving forward.
- He promised dialogue with principles – today the Brussels agreement and Ohrid’s complaint are hanging around Kosovo’s neck.
- He promised reciprocity and a radical change of policy towards Serbia – trade and imports from Serbia continue with high intensity.
- He promised a functional state – today Kosovo again faces a political and institutional blockade.
- Sworn deputies simultaneously continued to exercise ministerial functions.
- Today, I begin the second mandate of four ministries that do not appear at all in the Budget Law for 2026, those ministries operate and spend public money in violation of the law.
- During this year, the Assembly was left out of order, while billions of euros of public money continued to be managed without normal parliamentary control.
- It promised transparency – decision-making became increasingly closed.
- He promised responsibility – for every failure someone else was to blame: the opposition, the unions, the prosecution, the courts, the media, businesses, allies, municipalities.
Promised change.
He had the power.
He had the majority.
He had all the institutions.
It had billions of budget.
He had the time.
Almost six years.
Now he is back in front of the citizens and promised what he didn’t do when he had all the opportunities to do it.
The question is no longer: What is Albin Kurti promising?
The question is: Why didn’t he do this for six years?
After six years in power, you are no longer judged by promises, you are judged by results.
