The Strong Party (

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: ''Partia e Fortë'', ''PF'') was a satirical

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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 ...

formed in 2013. Its goal is "to come to power to control public money in the interest of supporters and the like-minded." As part of the group's commitment to gender equality, over thirty percent of the candidates running for office in the upcoming election are men. The Party seeks to maintain the political ''status quo'', praising Kosovo as a democratic country where living people as well as "those in the other world" can vote. Party leaders claim a victory of around 120 percent, as measured by the group's pollsters. The Party is headed by Visar Arifaj—whose official title ''Kryetar Lexhendar'' (Legendary Chairman) is intentionally misspelled with the so-called hard ''xh''—and other young activists from

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. It is the only political party which has no ordinary members, beside the Legendary Chairman all its supporters serve as deputy chairmen. The Strong Party is a grass roots organization linked to the

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of Kosovo's capital.

History

The party was officially registered on June 20, 2013, although it was formed in November, 2012. It was founded by a group of activists and artists like

Yll Rugova Yll Rugova (born 1984) is one of two deputy Ministers for Culture in Kosovo. He is a political activist, information designer and typographer from Kosovo. As a political and social activist, he is known as one of the founders of the Strong Party ...

, Visar Arifaj,

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and

Agon Hamza Agon Hamza (born 1984) is a philosopher and a political theorist from Kosovo. Influenced by Žižek and his readings of German Idealism, Marx and Marxist tradition in general; his work develops further the Hegelian-Marxist concepts of state, reli ...

.Strong Party ''Partia e Fortë''
, Bubble News, May 2014 People related to Partia e Fortë as a political party have been related to some internet pranks and protests that gained media and public attention. The first public appearance outside of Facebook and Twitter was on Klan Kosova cable television in early 2013. On first elections in October 2013, Partia e Fortë got votes to get at least one person elected in the Municipal Assembly of the capital city Pristina.

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Partia e Fortë
The official website
Partia e Fortë on Facebook
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