New parties

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There seems to be a spate of new political parties and groupings arising throughout the world.

Another has been started in Kosovo – the "Party of the Strong".  When the candidates standing for mayor of Pristina were asked why they wanted to stand, the main candidates mentioned the public good. But when Mr Arifaj declared that he wanted to be mayor was to gain power and get rich, the audience laughed uproariously.

 

It was an example of what the party does: it says what other parties actually do. Kosovo politics is riddled with corruption, and privatisation has enabled politicians to enrich a small circle of their supporters while few factories work and unemployment stands at 60 per cent. The situation is ripe for satire.

 

"Even if we got no votes at all, we've achieved our aim," he says, "which is to undermine the way politics has been carried out for the past 14 years since independence. We're doing actual politics. We're just not doing it in a conventional way."

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/why-are-you-in-politics-to-get-rich-kosovos-local-poll-is-being-enlivened-by-the-satirical-strong-party-8919221.html

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