Visar Korenica (born 14 June 1984) is a politician in Kosovo. He has served in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo since 2021 as a member of Vetëvendosje (VV).
Early life and career
Korenica was born to a Kosovo Albanian family in Prizren, in what was then the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo in the Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He holds a master's degree in international business and is a manager in logistics.[1]
Politician
Korenica ran for mayor of Rahovec in the 2017 Kosovan local elections and finished fourth.
He appeared in the eighty-third position on Vetëvendosje's electoral list in the 2019 Kosovan parliamentary election. Assembly elections in Kosovo are held under open list proportional representation; Korenica finished in fifty-eighth place among VV's candidates and was not elected when the list won twenty-nine seats.[2]
Parliamentarian
Korenica received the seventy-ninth position on Vetëvendosje's list in the 2021 parliamentary election, finished in forty-fifth place among the list's candidates, and was elected when the list won fifty-eight seats.[3][4] Vetëvendosje won the election and afterward became the leading force in the Republic of Kosovo's coalition government. Korenica is a supporter of the administration and serves on the committee for the oversight of public finances and the committee on budget, labour, and transfer.[5]
In 2021, Korenica released the names of around thirty Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) employees whom he described as having family connections to officials from other political parties previously in power.[6] He ran for mayor of Rahovec again in the 2021 local elections and was defeated in the second round of voting.
Korenica has clashed with Vetëvendosje's leadership on some occasions. He was removed as the party's coordinator for Rahovec in 2022 for voting against a new draft civil code.[7]
On the fifth anniversary of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanović's assassination by unknown parties in January 2023, Republic of Kosovo prime minister and Vetëvendosje leader Albin Kurti made respectful comments about Ivanović's time in public life. Korenica responded by dismissing Ivanović as a "criminal" and charging that Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić had ordered Ivanović's death for refusing to accept his leadership.[8]
In October 2023, Korenica raised concerns about malfunctioning voting equipment in the assembly.[9]
Electoral record
Local (Rahovec)
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Smajl Latifi (incumbent) | Alliance for the Future of Kosovo | 10,144 | 47.18 | 11,575 | 65.19 | |
| Visar Korenica | Levizja Vetëvendosje! | 5,341 | 24.84 | 6,180 | 34.81 | |
| Burim Krasniqi | Democratic League of Kosovo | 3,424 | 15.92 | |||
| Bejtullah Deliu | Democratic Party of Kosovo | 2,418 | 11.25 | |||
| Xhafer Bytyqi | Xhafer Bytyqi | 174 | 0.81 | |||
| Total | 21,501 | 100.00 | 17,755 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: [10][11] | ||||||
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Smajl Latifi | Alliance for the Future of Kosovo | 7,766 | 33.50 | 10,561 | 50.70 | |
| Idriz Vehapi (incumbent) | Democratic Party of Kosovo | 6,837 | 29.50 | 10,271 | 49.30 | |
| Ibrahim Kryeziu | Democratic League of Kosovo | 4,768 | 20.57 | |||
| Visar Korenica | Levizja Vetëvendosje! | 3,513 | 15.16 | |||
| Besnik Hoti | Initiative for Kosovo | 295 | 1.27 | |||
| Total | 23,179 | 100.00 | 20,832 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: [12][13] | ||||||
References
- ↑ Visar Korenica, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 9 October 2023.
- ↑ ZGJEDHJET E PARAKOHSHME PËR KUVENDIN E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2019 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve (renditja si në fletëvotim)), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 26, accessed 2 February 2022.
- ↑ ZGJEDHJET E PARAKOHSHME PËR KUVENDIN E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2021 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve (renditja si në fletëvotim)), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 17, accessed 21 January 2022.
- ↑ ZGJEDHJET E PARAKOHSHME PËR KUVENDIN E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2021 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Ndarja e ulëseve në Kuvend (Subjektet dhe kandidatët e zgjedhur)), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 4, accessed 20 January 2022.
- ↑ Visar Korenica, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 9 October 2023.
- ↑ "Punësimet familjare e partiake në RTK, deputeti i LVV-së prezanton emrat, reagojnë anëtarët e Bordit", Telegrafi, 16 June 2021, accessed 9 October 2023.
- ↑ "Korenica i LVV: U shkarkova për votën kundër Kodit Civil, janë përjashtuar edhe deputetë të tjerë", Telegrafi, 12 November 2022, accessed 9 October 2023.
- ↑ "Deputeti i VV-së: Oliver Ivanoviqi ishte kriminel, nuk iu përshtat Vuçiqit dhe për këtë e eliminoi", Telegrafi, 18 January 2023, accessed 9 October 2023.
- ↑ "Gati 4 milionë euro shpenzime të Kuvendit, deputetët ankohen për mungesë të kushteve për punë", Telegrafi, 4 October 2023, accessed 9 October 2023.
- ↑ ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2021 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Raundi i parë) – Rezultatet për Kryetar të Komunave, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 17, accessed 12 January 2022.
- ↑ ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2021 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Raundi i dytë) – Rezultatet për Kryetar të Komunave, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 12, accessed 12 January 2022.
- ↑ ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2017 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Raundi i parë) – Rezultatet e kandidatëve për Kryetar Komune, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 17, accessed 12 January 2022.
- ↑ ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2017 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Raundi i dytë) – Rezultatet e kandidatëve për Kryetar Komune, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 11, accessed 12 January 2022.