Guxo

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Dare!
Guxo!
Co-leaders Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz
Faton Peci
Founder Vjosa Osmani
Founded5 November 2020;4 years ago (2020-11-05) [1]
Registered14 February 2022;2 years ago (2022-02-14) [2]
Split from Democratic League of Kosovo
Headquarters Pristina, Kosovo
Ideology Liberal conservatism [ citation needed ]
Political position Centre-right [3]
Colours  Blue-green
  Dark blue
SloganE ardhmja u takon atyre që guxojnë
(The future belongs to those who dare)
Assembly
6 / 120
Mayors
0 / 38
Municipal councils
0 / 994
Website
partiaguxo.org

Guxo! (English: Dare!) is a centre-right political party in Kosovo, formed on 5 November 2020 by Vjosa Osmani. [1] In February 2022, Guxo was registered as a political party as up to that point it was a political list. [2]

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History

The party presented candidates within the common list of Vetëvendosje in the 2021 Kosovan parliamentary election, and obtained seven deputies, including Vjosa Osmani. [4] Two of its members joined the Second Kurti cabinet resulting from these elections, which caused the number of deputies from the party to fall from seven to five. [5] After Osmani was elected President of Kosovo in April 2021, [6] she retreated from her party leadership and her seat in parliament as, according to the Constitution of Kosovo, the president has no right to exercise any other public office or to hold any office in a political party, [7] dropping the number of Guxo deputies to four, while Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz became head of Guxo. [8] After Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, a Vetëvendosje MP, resigned her position, she was replaced by Nasuf Bejta who is a Guxo member which increased the number of deputies of the party to 5.

Leaders

No.PortraitPresident
(Birth–Death)
Term startTerm endTime in office
1 Vjosa Osmani 2020 (cropped) 2.jpg Vjosa Osmani
(born 1982)
Vjosa Osmani (nenshkrim).svg
5 November 20204 April 2021150 days
2 DonikaGervallaSchwarz (cropped).jpg Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz
(born 1971)
Donika Gervalla-Schwarz (nenshkrim).svg
4 April 2021Incumbent3 years, 253 days
Faton Peci MBPZHR 12.05.2021.jpg Faton Peci
(born 1982)
7 September 2022Incumbent2 years, 97 days

Election results

YearVotes%Overall seats wonAlbanian seatsGovernment
2021 Part of Vetëvendosje
7 / 120
7 / 100
Coalition

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References

  1. 1 2 "GUXO!". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Election List "Guxo" registered as political party". Gazeta Express. 14 February 2022.
  3. "Vjosa Osmani flet për të ardhmen e saj politike" [Vjosa Osmani talks about her political future] (in Albanian). Kallxo. 23 March 2021.
  4. "Këta janë 7 deputetët e listës "Guxo" të Vjosa Osmanit" [These are the 7 MPs of Vjosa Osmani's "Guxo" list]. Gazeta Blic. 4 March 2021. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. "Lista e Vjosa Osmanit humb dy mandate të deputetëve" [Vjosa Osmani's list loses two seats]. Gazeta Blic. 23 March 2021.
  6. "Vjosa Osmani zgjidhet Presidente e Kosovës" [Vjosa Osmani is elected President of Kosovo]. Telegrafi. 4 April 2021.
  7. "Kushtetuta e Republikës së Kosovës" [Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo]. Kosovo Official Gazette (in Albanian). 9 April 2008. pp. Respectively on page 33 (at document) or 39 (at PDF), contain information about prohibitions that the president has. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  8. "Donika Gërvalla do ta drejtojë iniciativën "Guxo"" [Donika Gërvalla will lead the "Guxo" initiative]. Sinjali.com (in Albanian). 5 April 2021.