Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
Gazmend Muhaxheri, the mayor of the Municipality of Peja, had promised to create a parking lot for vehicles in the area of the "Commercial School". He had done this in the race for the mayor of this municipality in the 2021 local elections.
Was the promise kept?
Hibrid.info found that this project was not implemented in the four years of the mandate, which Muhaxheri secured after receiving the majority of votes in the first round of the elections on October 17, 2021.
Analyze:
Hibrid.info found Muhaxheri's promise in the GAP Institute report, "The Identity Card of Municipalities", dated September 11, 2025 (see here). Despite research, Hibrid.info has not been able to find the election program with which the same finger ran for mayor of Peja in 2021.
But, Hibrid.info has found a debate held for the Municipality of Peja in 2021, published on the official YouTube channel of the medium "Kallxo.com" (see here). While checking the content of this video, Muhaxheri's promise to build a parking lot at the "Commercial School" was encountered (see here(minute 28:47).
Quoted statement by Muhaxheri:
"Parking lots are foreseen in the combined development plan. I would say there will be about 1 parking lots: one is at the Commercial School and the other is at the Bus Station."
Hibrid.info has found an article published in the medium “Kallxo.com”. This text was based on the show “KallxoPërnime” dated December 8, 2024, held at the Municipal Assembly in Peja, in which Muhaxheri was confronted with the promises made to the citizens (see here).
The content of this article mentions Muhaxheri's promise of 1 parking spaces, one of which would be built at the "Commercial School" and the other at the Bus Station. The findings of this medium have established that this promise has not been fulfilled (see here),
The text in question also contains Muhaxheri's justification for not implementing this project, which is said to be the fact that the process is still in the property expropriation phase.
Muhaxheri's quoted statement from the show "KallxoPërnime":
"It's not over, because we are dealing with expropriation procedures, there are three more properties that need to be expropriated, while at the moment there is the "Haxhi Zeka" school or faculty, we believe that next year they will move into the new building of the former barracks and then the municipality will be given the opportunity to build this parking lot," said the mayor.
While according to the report "Municipal Identity Card", this promise is considered to have begun. Even in the comment on the realization of this promise in this report, it is stated that the project is in the process of expropriating properties and houses located in the area around the "Commercial School".
Hibrid.info has found that Muhaxheri is promising to build a parking lot at the "Commercial School" even in the election campaign for the local elections of October 12, 2025 (see here).
The new parking lot project at "Komercialja":
"We will transform the parking lot at Komercialja into a modern multi-storey space, with a capacity of around 500 cars per floor, offering a sustainable solution for parking in the city centre."
Conclusion:
Gazmend Muhaxheri had promised to build a parking lot at the "Commercial School" in Peja.
During Gazmend Muhaxheri's four-year mandate, the project remained in the expropriation phase of properties surrounding the school area in question.
Therefore, based on the work methodology, hibrid.info evaluates the non-completion of this project as a "promise not kept".
Reasoning:
Fulfillment or keeping of promises is mainly related to pre-election promises, which are monitored at the central and local levels during the four-year mandate. This research is mainly conducted during the pre-election campaign, where the main political figures are monitored, in order to have a fact-check of what they say. Based on the promises made earlier, through the election program, Hibrid.info checks the statements of these politicians, to see if they have managed to keep those promises after the mandate. Hibrid.info plans to publish such reports on an annual basis.