Remembering the celebrations of the last election. What went wrong?

How can we forget the celebrations when Vetevendosje and Albin Kurti won the election for the first time. After watching support build up over the years they finally won. After midnight and the atmosphere in the centre of Prishtina was electrical. Albanian flags flying, the streets full of cars with the sound of their horns adding to the excitement. VV did not have enough votes to rule alone and had to have a coalition with LDK.

This was short lived was short lived once we were hit with the covid plandemic. While we were locked in our homes and there was a curfew, the US decided that Albin Kurti was not the best man in the job for peace talks with Serbia. So they got behind the LDK party to vote for no confidence, to dethrone Albin Kurti and replace him with their puppet Avdullah Hoti, a person that most people had never heard of. Prishtina was furious, but could do nothing because of lockdown, so they made the lack of voices by banging pots and pans on balconies every night.

It was a cowardly act by the US to implement this during lockdown, knowing that there would have been a huge backlash of demonstrations against the removal of a democratically elected PM. All we kept hearing was that Kurti would not sign for peace between Kosovo and Serbia.

Both Vucic and Hoti flew to Washington flew to Washington to sign the deal brokered by Trump. Well you can imagine the shock when, after the signing it was revealed that they didn't sign any peace treaty, but both signed recognition of Jerusalem being the capital of Israel and both agreed to open Embassies there. This was far from a peace deal with Serbia as this decision riled the Serbian PM, making peace even further away. This decision has placed Kosovo as out of touch with the rest of the world in supporting the genocide in Palestine. While more countries are recognising Palestine, Kosovo now becomes only the second country apart from the US, as recognising Jerusalem as part of Israel and at odds with the rest of the world, making Kosovo more unpopular than it already is.

On their return Prishtina was bathed in Israeli flags and celebrations, but not by the Kosovars, who were still locked in their homes under curfew. This was all down underhandedly and deceitfully, as there was no way a mostly muslim population would have agreed to this.

Now as months went by, people were calling for fresh elections, the US said that elections would happen soon, but Albin Kurti was not going to be allowed to stand in any upcoming elections, which made the population furious.

Eventually in February 2021 there were fresh elections and Kurti won again by a landslide and didn't need a coalition, upsetting the Americans, that thought they had seen the back of him. Once again after midnight in the snow and in freezing temperature, still under curfew, we all went to the centre to celebrate. The roads were once again filled with cars tooting their horns with Albanian flags hanging out of the windows. Kosovo was once again in safe hands.

The US have always hated VV as they will not do as they are told and before they came into power they were even named as terrorists by the US. Previous US Ambassadors openly stated their hatred for the party. Not only does Albin Kurti have the other parties to deal with, but also outside forces that will do anything to stop him winning this coming election.

So why has Albin Kurti done to others, what has been done to VV members, prior to winning the election. Are VV now doing to others, what has been done to them in the past.

Why has he locked up an international woman that supports the party and lived here for 23yrs to help the Kosovo people, after the war, has been arrested and put into detention, today marking 2 months, for doing nothing more than wanting to be a Kosovo citizen. You would not think VV would do this as they have experience this being done to them in the past. Arresting members and then making up excuses for doing it after.

Sitora Atomamadova has a degree in pharmacy and has worked for many organisations here, including the most recent, as a translator for the Afghan refugees. She has just completed a 3year course in nursing, with the aim of working in a hospital in Prishtina and was just about to start her 6 month experience in a hospital. She has also been a long supporter of Albin Kurti and can't believe how this could happen to her. She has done nothing wrong in Kosovo and followed the law and rules of the country. She is a humanitarian and a good person.

She was discriminated against when the immigration department would not give her a 5yr residency card, when her workmates in the same situation were granted one, so took the department to the Ombudsperson, who took them to court and ordered them to give her the residency card she was entitled to, so she could apply for citizenship.

She was called to the immigration office for which she thought was to take a test for her citizenship. When she arrived they took her residency card which still has 1 year on and told her that her application for citizenship was rejected and she is going to be deported. They kept her there for 5 hours interrogating her, taking her all her belongings, jewellery and money. Saying she will be deported in 48hrs. She told them she wanted to speak to her lawyer. Her lawyer came and after speaking to the officials left again. She then found her another lawyer that was told by the department that she is being deported for taking them to court in the past. This was an act of revenge and corruption by this department.

The lawyer then applied for asylum to stop the deportation. At a time where there are a record number of Kosovars applying for asylum in other countries. They put Sitora in the detention centre, where she has been for 2 months now. The very next day the ministry put a story in the press accusing Sitora of being a Russian spy, as their reason for arresting her, which is total fabrication. She was not told this, it was an excuse to keep her in detention, as if they had any evidence of this they would have told her and charged her. Not only did they send this libelist story to the press, the department would not allow any reporter to interview Sitora to find out the truth, without getting permission from the department responsible for the lies.

Fitim Qerimi from the ministry visited her in detention and told her that she could purchase a ticket to fly to Turkey and leave. She refused and told him she will take them to court, as she has done nothing wrong. He replied that she would not win as they will tell her lawyer what to say. He kept calling her a criminal, but would not tell her what exactly she had done. He told her that she will have to pay 40 euros a day for every day that she is in detention.

The department are now panicking and want the problem to go away, by telling her to buy her own ticket and leave. He knows the truth will come out in court. Sitora has her car here and all of her belongings, why would she just buy a ticket and leave, just because this man is threatening her. The news of this treatment is now Internation with human rights outside of Kosovo taking interest in the case. It will all come to a head just before the elections and will not look good for VV.

I have known Sitora over 10yrs and I know she has never done anything illegal and just cares about people. She is the only person on her nursing course that wanted to work in Kosovo. All the other students were going to Germany to work. She should be given an honorary passport for her services to Kosovo and it is disgusting that she is being treated this way. I will not sit back quietly and let this criminal act continue. There are plenty of people around the world that know Sitora and when I couldn't get in touch with her, I found out via the Netherlands and Albania.

Has somebody done this to discredit Albin Kurti and make sure that VV lose the election? Do they not want Internationals that support VV in the country. This story is gaining legs and it will spread even bigger while Sitora is still locked up. All she is worried about is not being able to pay the rent to her landlord while she is there.

As Albin Kurti promotes hospitals and tries to improve them, they have a prospective nurse, that is also a pharmacist and an asset to any Kosovo hospital, locked up. Albin Kurti was the hope for Kosovo, stamping out corruption and here we have a department that is corrupt and breaking human rights laws.

If Vetevendosje lose the election, then Kosovo is finished and the puppets will win. It will be a sad day for Kosovo and self determination lost for ever. We all know who will go to all lengths to stop VV winning the elections, as they have always been open about their dislike for them as see self determination as a threat to their control. Help Sitora before it is too late and Kosovo will be split and handed to Serbia on a plate.

Who is behind this disgusting act of corruption and lies? Is it VV or people trying to discredit VV. Do the right thing and release Sitora as the court case will discredit the government, when all the lies around this detention, come to light.