The Alternative (

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Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

History

Ilir Deda was elected MP for Vetëvendosje in the parliamentary election of 2014. However, during the anti-governmental

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in 2015–16, Deda became a loud critic of his party's support for the acts of violence towards government officials and therefore left the party on 2 April 2016. Similarly,

Mimoza Kusari-Lila Mimoza Kusari-Lila (born 16 October 1975) is an Albanian Kosovar politician for The Alternative (Albanian: ''Alternativa''). She was the deputy prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo and minister of trade and industry from 2011 to 2013 and th ...

, former Minister of Trade and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister for the New Kosovo Alliance and current Mayor of

Gjakova Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants. Geographicall ...

left her party in May 2016 due to the conflicts within the party and ideological differences and decided to join Deda's "new initiative". Officially launched on 8 February 2017 by MP Ilir Deda and Mayor of

Mimoza Kusari-Lila in Mitrovica, and on 13 May 2017, General Council of Alternativa decided that Mimoza Kusari-Lila would be president of the party and Ilir Deda would be deputy president of the party.

Presidents (2017–present)

Ideology

In an interview, Kusari-Lila mentioned that human rights are the main importance and priority of the party, thus individual rights.

Election results

References

External links

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