The Democratic League of Kosovo is at a political crossroads, former party members and analysts say. Two days before the meeting of the leadership of the Democratic League of Kosovo, clarification of the political direction and handling of the responsibility of the leadership of this party are being sought, following the poor result in the December 28 elections.
LDK Chairman Lumir Abdixhiku said a few days ago that he will offer his resignation before the LDK general assembly, where delegates will decide whether or not he will remain at the LDK's helm.
This also prompted reactions from other senior exponents of the oldest party in Kosovo. Hykmete Bajrami announced that she had irrevocably resigned from the position of vice-president of the LDK, while she also requested the same from Abdixhiku.
The same request was addressed by the member of the LDK leadership, former Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti.
Former LDK MP Blerim Grainca is also demanding Abdixhiku's irrevocable resignation.
He tells KosovaPress that the LDK general assembly is not obliged to approve a resignation, but is only notified of such a thing and new elections are announced.
"The president, based on the LDK statute, is considered resigned if he has resigned. The Assembly is not obliged to approve the resignation. The Assembly is only notified and new elections are announced. If the statute is respected, the rest are word games... The assembly must be called and elections held. This assembly has no competence to approve or not the resignation. Resignation as a moral act is not regulated by the statute. He resigns, he goes, there is no need to approve it," he says.
Political analyst Albinot Maloku tells KosovaPress that the LDK needs to clarify its position in relation to the disappointing results of the last elections, but also what its stance will be towards the new government in the country.
He considers it necessary to change the leadership in LDK through the irrevocable resignation of Lumir Abdixhiku.
"The Democratic League of Kosovo needs to clarify its position, a strong distancing from the culture of melancholy, from the bad copy that has been tried to be made at certain moments, especially by Mr. Abdixhiku. Here I am alluding to the way of functioning as Mr. Kurti does and for me this is unacceptable. However, the LDK has its own identity which in any case at certain moments must adapt to the social and political circumstances. This has not happened in the LDK. Mr. Abdixhiku's biggest problem is that he did not have defined positions. This is being noticed even now after December 28, 2025, when he initially said that he would engage in family obligations and take responsibility for the political position of the LDK. This was understood as a responsibility like resignation. It would have been healthy and not at all tragic in democratic processes for the head of a political entity that has not been successful in the electoral process to resign," he says.
Former LDK MP Blerim Grainca is also calling for Abdixhiku's resignation, saying that he no longer has anything to offer the party.
"Change is necessary. Even if the entire LDK supports Mr. Abdixhiku, he has nothing to offer the LDK anymore. He has proven that he has failed to push the processes forward, as he has made mistakes in management and has received punishment from the voters. All that is being asked is a reflection of himself and an opening of the race," he declares.
The Chairman of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Lumir Abdixhiku, announced on Tuesday, January 13, his resignation from the leadership position in this political entity.
The reason for this is the poor performance of this party in the national elections on December 28, which did not go higher than 13.11 percent. Whether the LDK general assembly will accept the resignation of the chairman remains to be seen.
If Abdixhiku is allowed to step down from leadership, he would become the second leader of the Democratic League to resign after poor election results.
His predecessor, Isa Mustafa, had acted similarly in 2021. In the February 14 elections of that year, LDK, under his leadership, had recorded the worst result in the party's history with only 12.7 percent of the votes at the national level.
Abdixhiku said at the time that resigning after poor results has become a practice in LDK./KosovaPress
