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The Kosovo Constitutional Court, facing the deadline on Friday, will clarify how the Speaker of the Parliament will vote and determine whether the 30-day constitutional deadline for parliamentary formation has ended after dozens of failed attempts to elect leadership.
The court imposed a temporary measure on July 24th that prohibits representatives from configuring Congress until August 8th, when restrictions expire and a new ruling is expected.
Prime Minister Alvin Kurti’s left-leaning Vetebendge or Self-Decision Party won 48 seats in the February election but failed to secure the required majority in the 120-member parliament.
Since the compositional session on April 15, a large number of consecutive votes have failed, with the opposition blocking the vote. The incumbent Prime Minister – now falls into technical duties – and his party is still trying to avoid elections repeatedly.
“Of course, we are not interested in new elections. Of course, if a decision is made to enter a new election, we respect that and move it forward. The Constitutional Court considers it the only option to get out of this situation.”
The crisis is focused on voting procedures, with Vetëvendosje proposing a secret vote, and the opposition parties demanding constitutional votes.
Kosovo’s Right-wing Democrats (PDK), Kosovo’s Central Right Democrats (LDK), and President Vjosa Osmani have individually petitioned the Constitutional Court for clarification after the June 26 decision failed to resolve the deadlock definitively.
According to Daut Haradinaj, former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, Conservative Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Daut Haradinaj, election of Justice Minister Albulena Haxhiu as Speaker of the Council is another important issue of stubborn standoffs against Kurti.
The Kurti party proposed a secret voting in an attempt to convince some opposition lawmakers to vote for the candidate without causing anger from the party leader.
However, the opposition rejected this as unconstitutional. This is when the Constitutional Court entered the dispute as a possible arbitrator. However, opposition lawmakers were not convinced that the deadlock could be resolved without a snap election.
“The only demand was that the votes were made public and the candidates were changed to change, and we can see that we’re heading for a new election soon,” Haradinaj said.
“The Kosovo institutions are being held hostage by Alvin Kurti’s stubbornness. We have offered a compromise, but unfortunately the ruling leaders reject the idea of cooperation.”
“Kosovo and its future are far more important than the careers of Alvin Kurti and Albrena Haksiu,” concluded Chitak.
Second, MP Vetëvendosje believes that a 2014 Constitutional Court decision sets a legal precedent that grants the sole right to propose and elect a party to vote to vote.
They also say that the constitutional demands of the opposition are simply covering for the intent to derail another Kurti-led government.
“They rejected the Union, but in my opinion, they had no good reason for why they would refuse if we were talking to the interests of the nation,” concluded Bogzhevch.
