Xhymshiti Warns Kosovo Risks “Suicide by Procedure”

On MCN TV, editor Vudi Xhymshiti warned Kosovo legitimises Belgrade’s proxies by certifying Arsenijevic and Radoicic's party, arguing institutions confuse due process with national self-destruction.

TIRANA, Albania — Appearing on Albania’s national broadcaster MCN TV¹ on Sept. 1, investigative journalist and chief-editor Vudi Xhymshiti argued that recent decisions by Kosovo’s election authorities risk “suicide by procedure,” contending that certifying Belgrade-aligned parties for the Oct. 12 local elections legitimises actors tied to destabilisation in the north.

Speaking on MCN | Prime Time News Hour, Mr. Xhymshiti said the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) had ordered certification for the Serb List of Milan Radoicic and for Serb Democracy, led by Aleksandar Arsenijevic, despite mounting concerns over links to armed structures and the 2023 Banjska attack². “Certification is the Republic’s seal of legitimacy,” he said, warning that extending it to figures with such ties “confuses due process with self-destruction.”

What Xhymshiti said on air

On parliamentary tactics and “sleepers”: He criticised opposition parties for, in his view, enabling Belgrade-directed agendas inside…