PRISTINA (Reuters) - Two close allies of Kosovo's prime minister, Hashim Thaci, split from him on Friday to launch a new party to contest a national election expected to be held between June and September.
Analysts say the "Initiative for Kosovo" of parliamentary speaker Jakup Krasniqi and legislator Fatmir Limaj is likely to take a large number of votes from Thaci's Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) as the government has been heavily criticised for nepotism, high levels of corruption and a lack of economic reform.
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