Bekim Sejdiu withdraws from candidacy for president of Kosovo

2026-09-14 19:08:35Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Bekim Sejdiu withdraws from candidacy for president of Kosovo
Bekim Sejdiu

Bekim Sejdiu has withdrawn from his candidacy for president of the Republic of Kosovo.

Sejdiu, who was proposed as a candidate after the agreement between LDK and LVV, announced that he had previously notified representatives of the two parties of his decision.

Sejdiu said that he made the decision due to the lack of the necessary parliamentary support for his election to the post of president, as well as due to political developments that, according to him, have diverted the process.

"In the circumstances created, characterized by the lack of the necessary parliamentary support for my election as President of the Republic of Kosovo and the deviation of the entire process into the vortex of internal political dynamics and clashes, I have decided to withdraw from the candidacy for President of the Republic of Kosovo,"  Sejdiu writes on Facebook.

He revealed that about two weeks ago he had been contacted by LDK representatives and was then invited to a joint meeting with delegations led by LDK and LVV leaders.

At that meeting, according to Sejdiu, it was announced that the two parties, "after an exhaustive process of negotiations," had reached an agreement for him to be nominated as a non-partisan candidate for president.

Sejdiu said that he had accepted the candidacy due to the institutional crisis and with the aim of contributing to overcoming it.

"My first and only motive for accepting the proposal for the position of President of the state was to serve in unblocking the institutional deadlock ," he declared.

He said he had expected parliamentary parties and MPs to overcome divisions to create stable institutions, but said the process for electing the president ended up embroiled in internal political clashes.

Sejdiu emphasized that he had no ambitions for public positions outside of his academic and professional engagement, while thanking LVV and LDK for the proposal and support.

Sejdiu called on the parties to find a way out of the crisis, warning of the consequences of continuing political polarization.

"The Republic of Kosovo and its citizens do not need political drama and deepening polarization, but rather prudence and unity in order to strengthen our state ," he concluded.


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