Kosovo is only a few hours away from the start of the constitutional process for the election of the new President, while the political situation remains unclear. Invited to the show “Good Morning Albania”, political researcher Gëzim Kasapolli emphasized that the country is entering a decisive phase, but without clear signals of seriousness from the political subjects.
According to him, the Constitution of Kosovo foresees a total of three rounds of voting for the election of the President. In the first two rounds, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the deputies, namely 80 votes, is required. If these rounds fail, the process moves to the third round, where 61 votes are needed, i.e. a simple majority.
“First, will it start? That this is the problem, then there are 3 rounds in total. In the first two rounds, a majority of 2/3 of the Kosovo parliament is required, which is 80 deputies who must vote for the next president
If these two rounds are not fulfilled, then we enter the third round, which requires a simple majority of 60 votes. These 24 hours are very important for the future of Kosovo”, said Kasapolli, adding that the lack of seriousness from political parties is causing concern in public opinion.
He also clarified the procedures to be followed for the opening of the parliamentary session. Kasapolli emphasized that, according to the Constitution, there must be at least two candidates for the position of President and each of them must secure at least 30 signatures from the deputies. Only after submitting these signatures to the Presidency of the Assembly, the session for the election of the President can be called.
“There is an obligation that must be completed by the proposed candidate or political subjects or who is able to secure 30 signatures, in order to show the leadership of the Assembly that they can run for president.
The constitution stipulates that there must be at least 2 candidates.
Each of them must submit 30 signatures to the Presidency of the Assembly so that the Presidency can then call the session for the election of the president. None of these procedures have been started.” said Kasapolli.
Until now, according to him, none of these procedures have started, leaving the process at an unclear point on the eve of the constitutional deadline.
