“One party cannot have the post of prime minister, that of the speaker of the assembly as well as the president”, said the head of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Lumir Abdixhiku, after the meeting he had on Monday 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 ensures the quorum for the next president is welcome. For this, there should be discussions with all parties. No, we have not yet discussed specific names. 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 MPs for the formation of the government, it is a huge challenge for a party to have 81 MPs and choose the president themselves. You know that we have 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. in the meantime, when no one nominated a candidate and we are now where we are, I am still optimistic that with such meetings and conversations we can reach an agreement, but I cannot say that we have that today”, said Kurti.
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.
But for the process to be valid, at least 80 deputies must be present in the hall in all three rounds.
If the president is not elected, the Assembly is dissolved to pave the way for new parliamentary elections.
