"Mayor Abdixhiku is working on a coalition with VV", holds the description a video posted on Friday (April 17) on Facebook by the page “Ulpianapress".
This video shows Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) MP Lutfi Haziri speaking to journalists.
What's wrong with this claim?
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that Haziri did not mention the coalition issue, as claimed in the video description.
Before the start of the Parliament session (April 17), Haziri spoke to the media, stating that the LDK and the Vetevendosje Movement (LVV) are in consultations for a deal regarding the election of the president (here).
What did Hazir say specifically?
"We are in active consultations, the LDK chairman is working to enable an agreement between LDK and LVV. This is our goal, to make the state functional and to have the highest representative body as soon as possible. We are in the last 11 days and this deadline should oblige us to give the country an agreement as soon as possible. Cooperation is a value, not a weakness. LDK continues to affirm that only through cooperation can an agreement be reached", Haziri declared.
So, in no case did Haziri mention the word "coalition", as claimed.
As of the writing of this article, the post published on Facebook by the "Ulpianapress" page has managed to collect a total of 279 reactions, 94 comments and 5 shares.
Analyze
Through a video published on Facebook, it is claimed that Lutfi Haziri spoke about a coalition between LDK and VV, attributing this statement to him in the description.
After verifying the facts, it turns out that Haziri did not mention a coalition at all, but only consultations between LDK and VV regarding an agreement on the election of the president and the functioning of institutions.
Also, when the video is opened and the full statement is heard, it becomes clear that he is not talking about a coalition, but about cooperation and institutional agreements.
So, the video description does not match what is said in the original content. Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this content as "Clickbait".
rationale
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.