VETËVENDOSJE encouraged each voter to convince 8 other people to vote, as part of the campaign for a high-turn out in the local elections.

The message stated, “The only restriction on political change is indifference. In these difficult times, a lot of people may think they can’t be bothered with politics. But life and politics are one and the same. Politics is society’s greatest instrument for building and changed our lives together. This is true not just for you, but for your friends, and for your parents.

If you are a parent, then you care about your children’s lives. You care about whether they have a good education, whether the doctor treats them when they are sick, and whether one day, they will find a job. You care about whether you have a water supply to your house, or whether your district is being destroyed by uncontrolled illegal building. You care about whether there are green spaces and whether you can breathe clean air, walking your streets.

The institutions do not equal the people in charge of them today. There are many corrupt leaders in power, but the institutions are not to blame for this. An irresponsible driver might fail to take us to the right destination, but the bus is not to blame for this, only the driver.

Don’t fall into the trap set by those who say that all politicians are the same. This is a great lie that only helps the politicians who want to prevent political change, because that is how they stay in power, in order to stuff their own pockets and those of their clan. If we think they are all the same and if we are indifferent, those who steal and deceive us, those who are dishonest, will win. The difference between dishonest politicians and those who fight for justice is clear. It isn’t difficult to distinguish who are the fraudsters and thieves. We cannot allow them to continue governing us.

GO OUT TO VOTE!

But, it isn’t enough if only you go out to vote. These days before November 3, everyone has to set themselves a duty in order to achieve change. You must meet at least 8 other people in your familial or professional social network, and tell them why they must vote.

Make a personal list, with 8 people on it who you will try to convince to vote.

On November 3, before you go to vote, phone up each person on your list, and remind them of their pledge and ask them to vote. Vote yourself and ensure that on November 3, 8 other people vote too.

If you live outside Kosova, this is the most important way you can contribute to change. Telephone your friends and relations in Kosova, tell them why it is essential to vote and after you have convinced them, fill out your list with at least 8 people, who you will call up again on November 3, to ensure they go out to vote.

Don’t underestimate how important this is. It is the most important duty each citizen has who wants change in these elections. In these elections there is a real Alternative.

On November 3, we are going to resolve not just our municipal concerns, but we are going to send a strong signal to all Kosova and the entire Albanian nation. On November 3, we will make change together. 1×8 equals real change.”

Thaçi helps Dacic to dominate Kosova

In response to the visit by Dacic, Serbia’s Prime Minister to campaign in Kosova’s elections, VETËVENDOSJE stated, “The final objective of the April 19 agreement and the endless negotiations has been clarified. It is Kosova’s submission to Serbia, which VETËVENDOSJE highlighted with the banner it held up in protest in the Kosova Assembly, when the resolution was approved on negotiations with Serbia in October 2012 – the Resolution that initiated Kosova’s political submission to Serbia and that took form during the negotiations, culminating with the 19 April agreement and its ratification.

This submission to Serbia would have been impossible without Hashim Thaçi’s previous submission as Prime Minister and the submission of Isa Mustafa and Ramush Haradinaj as opposition party leaders, who have both assisted Thaçi in this process of surrender.

These three gave Dacic a ticket into Kosova.

Dacic’s visit to Kosova is the final act in Thaçi’s shameful political drama, which has involved little else this last year besides accommodating Serbia’s demands in Kosova. He has created for Serbia a territorial autonomous association; he has formalized Serbia’s power over this association by legalizing and amnestying its illegal occupying structures; he has allocated it a budget from Kosova’s public funds to finance Serbia’s power in Kosova; he has erased the title ‘Republic’ and the institutional emblem from official documents; he has enabled Serbia to artificially increase the number of voters without any legal basis or documentation.

And finally, he has opened the door for Dacic to come to Kosova to convince Serbs to vote for Serbia’s rule. By helping Dacic, Thaçi is helping himself. Only in this way, can he extend his own institutional life and that of his pronto clique. By helping Thaçi to help Dacic, Mustafa and Haradinaj are keeping Dacic and Thaçi and his pronto clan, in power.”

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