Political tensions escalated on Wednesday in the Assembly of Kosovo, where clashes between deputies of the Vetëvendosje Movement and the opposition continued during activities with citizens. Cheers, interventions and personal retorts have accompanied the developments, while the deadlock for the constitution of the Assembly continues.
PDK and Alliance MPs have opposed the participation of MPs and figures of the Vetëvendosje Movement in the activities developed in the premises of the Assembly, demanding that the constitutive session continue.
At the moment when the LVV deputies approached to communicate with the citizens, the PDK deputies protested and cheered, creating moments of tension in the hall.
Gërvalla fails to deliver the speech, Haxhiu cancels the press conference
Clashes continued even during the speeches of Vetëvendosje officials.
Acting Minister of Justice, Donika Gërvalla, could not continue her speech due to the cheers of PDK deputies.
Calls for “Democracy” and “KLA” have been heard against her, while the situation has become more and more tense.
A similar situation has been created with the acting president, Albulena Haxhiu.
Haxhiu faced calls from PDK deputies to continue the constitutive session and did not hold the planned press conference in the hall of the Assembly.
She has stated that she will not hold the conference if the PDK deputies do not leave the space.
Meanwhile, during the developments in the hall, opposition MPs have also tried to remove some Vetëvendosje MPs, further escalating the situation.
Clash between Gërvalla and PDK MPs
In another tense moment, Donika Gërvalla is involved in a direct debate with PDK deputies, Blerta Deliu and Eliza Hoxha.
Gërvalla called on the deputies to participate in meetings to discuss the political situation and the issue of the election of the president.
“Why don’t you come to the meeting? There are two options, let’s meet and talk about the president”, she said.
But PDK MPs have insisted that the constitutive session continue first.
“Call the session”, chanted Deliu and Hoxha.
The debate then took a personal turn, when Gërvalla addressed Blerta Deli with a comment about hygiene.
“Leave a bit, if you get bad breath”, said Gërvalla to the PDK deputy.
Deliu continued to ask Gervalla to take steps to continue the constitutive session.
Wednesday’s clashes come at a time when the Assembly of Kosovo continues to face a political and procedural impasse regarding its constitution and the continuation of the constitutive session.
PDK and AAK demand the continuation of the session
The deputies of the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Alliance have continued to stay in the hall of the Assembly of Kosovo, asking the chairman Avni Dehari to call the continuation of the session for the constitution of the legislature.
During their stay in the hall, PDK deputies gave speeches from the pulpit, insisting that the constitution process must be completed and that exceeding the constitutional deadline does not eliminate this obligation, writes RTK.
The deputy of PDK, Arian Tahiri, said that the deputies received their mandate from the citizens and that no one can deny them the exercise of it.
“The mandate was given to us by the people, Albin Kurti did not give it to us and it cannot be taken away from us”, declared Tahiri.
He said that the presence of deputies in the Assembly is a way to express their position and to request the functionalization of the institutions.
“In order to protect the constitutionality and make the Assembly functional, we have come here where we have the mandate, to convey our position”, he said.
Tahiri warned that, in case the possibilities for solving the situation within the Assembly run out, his party will take other political steps.
“If the opportunities within the Assembly run out, it will be our next bold steps to protect the state”, said the PDK deputy.
He also called for citizen reaction regarding the political and institutional situation in the country.
Meanwhile, Besnik Tahiri of the Alliance has said that “violation of the rights of citizens” will not be allowed.
“Sovereignty belongs to the people, it belongs to elected institutions and we who are here are elected. Blocking the assembly is an infringement of sovereignty, constitutional order and democracy. We will not allow in any form to violate the rights of citizens and institutions,” he said.
In the meantime, the PDK has addressed a letter earlier to the Speaker of the Assembly, Avni Dehari, requesting that the session continue without delays.
According to this party, the non-constitution of the Assembly within the specified period has created a serious constitutional situation, but this, according to them, does not remove the responsibility for the completion of the process.
“The obligation to complete the constitutive process remains and must be fulfilled without further delay,” says the PDK letter.
The party has requested that the elected deputies be given the opportunity to exercise their mandate and that the session for the constitution of the Assembly be called as soon as possible.
Dehari: Without a political agreement, the sessions of the Assembly remain useless
The chairman of the constitutive session of the Assembly, Avni Dehari, has stated that a political agreement between the parliamentary parties is the way to form institutions and avoid new elections.
Dehari recalled that on June 26, 2025, the Constitutional Court had reiterated the need for the Assembly to be constituted within a period of 30 days, clarifying that the period began to flow from the day of the announcement of the judgment KO124/25.
“This meant that according to the judgment KO124/25, the Assembly would have to be constituted no later than July 26, 2025”, said Dehari.
He emphasized that even after the end of this term, the Assembly was not constituted.
“We are all witnesses that the constitution of the Assembly did not take place even after the new 30-day deadline set by the GJK, i.e. until July 26, 2025,” he said.
Dehari has criticized the opposition’s approach over the past year, saying calls for a constitutional vote had been answered with a demand for a political agreement.
“Every time I called on the opposition MPs last year to vote to constitute the Assembly and not to exceed the constitutional deadline, their answer was that ‘a political agreement is needed'”, declared Dehari.
According to him, at that time exceeding the deadline was not raised as a problem, while the Constitutional Court, in the subsequent judgments on the issue of constitution, had requested the continuation of efforts for the constitution of the Assembly.
“Exceeding this deadline was never problematic. However, the Constitutional Court itself, in the subsequent rulings on the issue of constitution, asked the parties to continue the attempts for constitution despite exceeding the deadline, because the need to constitute the Assembly overlaps the deadline”, he said.
Dehari has also recalled that after the December 28 elections, the opposition parties specified their request for a political agreement before the formation of institutions.
“The demand of the opposition parties was further specified after the elections of December 28, insisting that the political agreement must be made before the formation of the institutions, otherwise we go to the elections”, stated Dehari.
He estimated that the continuous calling of sessions without a political agreement would not produce a solution.
“We can also call barren sessions which only irritate the citizens, but the experience from the past two legislatures has taught us that the only way for stable institutions and to avoid elections is through a political agreement between the parliamentary parties”, he said.
In the end, Dehari announced that at the moment when there will be signals for a political agreement that would enable the formation of institutions and the avoidance of elections, the continuation of the constitutive session would only be a matter of formality.
“The first moment we have signals for a political agreement that ensures the formation of all institutions and the avoidance of elections, as the Constitutional Court itself has requested in last year’s judgments, so that the parties come to an agreement instead of fruitless attempts, the call for the continuation of the constitutive session becomes a ceremonial formality”, declared Dehari.
