 Bakalli akatungamira Communist Party muKosovo mukupera kwema1970 uye kutanga kwema1980, asi akasiya basa mushure mekusawirirana nemabatirwo akaitwa kuratidzira kwevadzidzi vechiAlbania muna 1981dzaibatwa nemapurisa eKosovo pachayo, aitungamirirwa naRahman Morina. Pashure paizvozvo, Bakalli akapedza makore maviri ari musungwa pamba asati adzingwa mubato racho. Akazobvumidzwa kushanda muScience Association yedunhu kusvika pamudyandigere, asi akamanikidzwa kubuda apo Slobodan Milošević akawedzera kutonga kweSerbia paKosovo mukupera kwema1980. 