A Christian Science Monitor report from shortly after the war described local authorities in Gjakova as restoring electricity, telephone service, and street lighting to the city, as well as distributing free bread.
"[3] Some, including members the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), expressed concerns about the KLA's ongoing influence over the city government.
[10] In May 2003, he complained that UNMIK had refused to grant Kosovo's government real competency in matters such as the economy, judiciary, police, legislation, and the budget.
Although the AAK was the junior partner in the coalition, Haradinaj was appointed as prime minister in December 2004, and Gjini was named as his chief political advisor.
[16] In November of the same year, he was also appointed as the AAK's representative on a team negotiating the status of Kosovo at a series of meetings in Vienna with Serbian delegates.
[20] He visited the United States of America in May 2005 as a guest of the Albanian American Civic League to promote the independence of Kosovo.
[21] In January 2006, he indicated that the AAK would support Fatmir Sejdiu, the LDK's candidate for president of Kosovo after the death of Ibrahim Rugova.
[23][24] The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the LDK formed a new coalition government after the election, and the AAK moved into opposition; Gjini's term as a cabinet minister ended in January 2008.
[28] Gjini finished eighth among the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo's candidates in the 2010 Kosovan parliamentary election and was re-elected when the list won twelve seats.
[31] In February 2011, he said that the AAK supported Jakup Krasniqi's bid for re-election as speaker but would not participate in the vote for the new president and cabinet.
[36] Gjini finished fourteenth among the AAK's candidates in the 2014 Kosovan parliamentary election and was not re-elected when the list won eleven seats.
[37] The election did not produce a clear winner, and Gjini subsequently represented the AAK in an ultimately failed attempt to create a new coalition government with the LDK and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA).
[39] Gjini continues to serve as a deputy president of the AAK and is a frequent commentator on the Republic of Kosovo's diplomatic activities.