The chairman of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Bedri Hamza, has asked Prime Minister Albin Kurti to formalize the initiative on the issue of the president with an official letter.
According to the PDK, after this step, the issue will be examined in the party’s bodies, in order to come out with a final position.
Meanwhile, earlier, the head of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Lumir Abdixhiku, met with the Prime Minister and the chairman of the Vetëvendosje Movement, Albin Kurti, a meeting called by the latter to find a solution for the country’s new president.
“Any agreement that provides a quorum for the next president is welcome. For this, there should be discussions with all parties. No, we haven’t discussed specific names yet. As you know, three positions cannot belong to one political party”, he said.
Meanwhile, the head of the LDK recalled that there are less than three weeks left to find a consensus, while emphasizing that his party was not interested in new parliamentary elections. Kurti also confirmed that the meeting had ended without any result, but in the meantime expressed optimism for the solution of the situation.
“While we no longer have a challenge with the number of 61 deputies for the formation of the government, it is a huge challenge for a party to have 81 deputies and choose the president itself. You know that we tried earlier and that our candidate, Glauk Konjufca, was made official in less than 30 hours, and his opponent, Fatmir Mulhaxha-Kolçaku, was also made official. We made a forced selection, at a time when no one nominated a candidate, and we are now where we are. I remain optimistic that with such meetings and talks we can reach an agreement, but I cannot say that we have it today“, Kurti said.
According to a decision of the Constitutional Court, the deputies of the Assembly of Kosovo have until April 28 to elect the new president of the country. In the December 28 elections, the coalition led by the LVV received over 51 percent of the votes, which translated into 66 deputies’ mandates, but still 14 less than the number of deputies’ votes needed to elect the new head of state in the first two rounds of the three voting rounds held in the country’s legislative body.
