Getoar Mjeku

Since his return to Kosovo in 2015, Mjeku had regularly criticized the government on rule of law and foreign policy. In 2018, he sponsored a petition against plans by President Hashim Thaçi to partition Kosovo as part of a peace deal with Serbia.^[11]

On 25 August 2019, Mjeku officially joined the Vetëvendosje Movement, just days after the Assembly dissolved itself. He stood as a candidate in the parliamentary elections held that year, with a focus on the rule of law and economic development.^[12] He gathered 4527 votes — more than most candidates, but insufficient to gain a seat in the 7th legislature.^[13]

After the first Kurti government was sworn in in February 2020, Mjeku served as legal adviser to the minister of economy, employment, trade, industry, entrepreneurship and strategic investments, Rozeta Hajdari. In this position, he prepared key government documents, including decisions to remove the directors of 10 out of 17 enterprises owned by the central government,^[14] to address mismanagement of public property, and to impose reciprocity measures in trade relations with Serbia. He also advised the minister on matters of energy, private sector development, and COVID-19 management.^[4]

When Kurti was ousted in June 2020, Mjeku became a legislative aid for the Vetëvendosje caucus.^[4]

As a Vetëvendosje activist, Mjeku became involved in several cases of strategic litigation. In December 2019, he represented the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the energy regulator, claiming that a feed-in tariff support scheme for renewable energy was against applicable EU law and unlawfully benefited a single oligarch.^[7] While the case is ongoing, Mjeku successfully obtained a restraining order, which put an effective end to the scheme.

In July 2020, Mjeku represented the workers union of the Kosovo Telecom in an attempt to undo an unfavorable revenue-share contract with a virtual mobile operator. In December 2020, Mjeku then served as the attorney for Vetëvendosje activists seeking a restraining order on three hydropower plants due to concerns of environmental degradation. The court ordered the plants to halt operations, while pertinent permits and licenses are reviewed.^[5]

On 29 March 2021, Mjeku was appointed deputy minister of industry, entrepreneurship and trade in the second Kurti government, returning to work with Minister Hajdari.^[2] He has primarily assisted with legislative reform, with 11 laws proposed during the first year in office. Key legislative proposals include a new law on investments, fuel market, foreign trade, competition, inspections, intellectual property and price control.^[15][1]

On 1 September 2022, he was transferred as deputy minister to the Ministry of Economy, which is in charge of energy, mines, ICT, and publicly owned enterprises.^[1][16] Mjeku primarily supervised state-owned enterprises, which include the nation's largest energy and mining operators, the postal office, the leading telecom provider, railways, and water utility and irrigation companies. He co-lead the working group that drafted the Law on the Sovereign Fund of the Republic of Kosova, a strategic wealth management and investments entity, hailed as a transformation reform for Kosovo's economy.^{[17][18][19][20]}

Mjeku is known as a proponent of Albanian language reform, criticizing the language policy imposed by the communist regime in Albania and maintained for political expedience during the transition to democracy. He calls for writers to freely use the Gheg lexicon, the 'me+' infinitive, and a reduced participle, which reflect the spoken language of the majority of Albanians. His public speech is marked by his use of the Gheg dialect, while his non-fiction writing varies between the Elbasan-based standard and a modified Tosk standard.

Mjeku has also encouraged about plain language writing. He has adopted techniques taught by his professor Bryan Garner to Kosovar legislation and court documents,^[8] even drafting a proposed constitution for Kosovo to showcase his style.^[21] He has also translated selected writings of George Orwell, including his essay on "Politics and the English language".^[22]