Why didn't he visit Thaçi in The Hague? Kurti: I wanted to go, but I refuse to legitimize the Special Court

In an interview on Top Story opposite Grida Duma, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, on the eve of the elections, spoke about his 4-year mandate and his ambition to govern Kosovo as a single force for another term.

He stated that Sunday's elections are not elections, but a referendum, and that according to him, regular elections will be held in 2029.

"These are the first regular elections since the declaration of independence. Although they are regular, they are not ordinary elections, since what we have done in these four years is unprecedented for Kosovo. Tomorrow we call it referendum day. There will be regular elections in 2029," he said.

Kurti said that in these four years they have had the support of the people, adding that there have been no protests, but that the opposition has been from the opposition, which is due to jealousy.

"I don't have more power than those before us, but we have more support than those before us. We had stability because the people trusted us. I believe we have returned their trust. Economic growth has been record, never falling below 4%, we had record capital investments last year. These are facts! How is it possible that in four years there was not even a protest?! There has never been the highest welfare in Kosovo historically. There is satisfaction for the people, but there is opposition dissatisfaction, because there is a lot of anger and jealousy," Kurti adds.

Regarding the departures of Kosovo citizens from the country, he states that it is not higher than before, adding that during his government there have been more returns of doctors and nurses than departures of the latter.

"The first year is 2024 when we have more doctors and nurses who have returned to Kosovo than have left," Kurti declared on Top Story.

Kurti also spoke about the price of electricity in Kosovo.

"In the first year we had a triple crisis, the pandemic, the inflation crisis and the energy crisis. We emerged victorious. I have not found any vaccine or contract here and in 5 months we have managed to vaccinate over half of the population with one vaccine. Energy is not high in Kosovo. We have successfully overcome the inflation crisis," he said.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo also focused on the Constitutional Court's decision on the ceiling prices for the food basket, saying that the overthrow of his government's law was the greatest damage they have done to the people of Kosovo.

"Market prices... we have approved the law on basic prices, and a party took it to the Constitutional Court and they rejected it. The Constitutional Court confused property with income in their explanation, in my opinion. They have done the opposite in a decision from what they said, it is the greatest damage they have done to Kosovo. There should be ceiling prices, and they have rejected this for us," Kurti said.

Why didn't he visit Hashim Thaçi in The Hague? Kurti explains the reason: I wanted to go, but I will never accept legitimizing the Special Court!

Kurti has explained, among other things, the reason why he has not visited Hashim Thaçi and the other prisoners in The Hague. According to him, he has not done so because he does not accept that it 'legitimizes' the Special Court.

"I had intended to go, but I don't have a positive opinion at all about the Special Court like Thaçi did, and when I found out that to go to The Hague I had to fill out a bunch of papers, that's why I didn't go. Because it falls to me that I have to accept the Special Court. I have to give it some kind of legitimacy, so I didn't write that I don't want to sign papers with the logo of the Special Court," he declared.