"How Steel Was Tempered" is the work of the Russian writer Nikolay Ostrovsky, which describes the life of a young revolutionary, a symbol of the inner strength created with difficulty as this metal is processed. Tempering is a process done through heating and quenching. Such is Fatmir Limaj - Commander Steel.
He has done a lot for Kosovo. As a young man, he was tempered early. He had made up his mind early that freedom comes only through war. Together with his brother, he carried out an attack on a well-known exponent of the Milosevic regime in the center of Pristina in the early 90s.
His family's sacrifices did not stop. He joined the war with the conviction that freedom would come. Freedom came and cost him a confrontation with justice at the Hague Tribunal and he proved his innocence. He tried politics and was a senior figure in the party that emerged from the war. Even in politics, he faced accusations of corruption and still proved his innocence.
When he decided to split from the PDK, he began to crumble. He survived politically thanks to the votes of the region he comes from. The time has come for him to melt away. After failing to find shelter in any party, he will run alone in the December 28 elections. His steely head is also costing him in politics by not crossing the threshold and away from seats in the Assembly and far from being a factor.
He had the opportunity to form a coalition with Kurti, but his demands did not seem to be met with admiration. He split with AAK immediately after the elections. His attempt to connect with LDK was also unsuccessful. He had apparently asked for too much. Even the pacifist wing that dominates LDK has rejected him.
He also failed with the PDK, even though he wanted to unite, because he was afraid that he would take away the party. Although he was desperate, he said that the road is not over and he hopes to have seats and change the government with his former friends.
The steel has been tempered, and the metaphorical phrase of building character through the difficulties that life brings, in politics, turns into a process of quenching through rising high temperatures. And, it is in the phase of quenching, of returning to the arch.
He will remain the most talked about politician involved in corruption. From liberator and hero to average swimmer in politics. From a minister who built roads at a high cost for the time, from knowledge of the deviation of the highway route, to the final separation with Hashim Thaçi to the opening as a loner. With the mortgage of the beneficiary of the asphalt and with the stigma that EULEX investigated him for corruption.
His INITIATIVE to have a social democracy on stage failed. The discourse was often distorted and the statements were always inflated in form and without content.
With confidence that he will win, let alone think about crossing the threshold. This excessive self-confidence, based on the desire to be in politics at all costs, as well as some commanders who have come out of the war, is withering!
