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The Kosovo Assembly does not have a president even after the seventh attempt. If all efforts to constitute a parliament fail and a new government is not formed, new elections will be called. Such an outcome is increasingly certain, writes Reuters
Another attempt to constitute the ninth convocation failed Kosovo assemblies – seventh overall.
Self-determination remained with the candidacy of the former minister of justice, Aljbuljena Hadzi, who did not receive the required number of votes for the position of president of the highest legislative body even on Sunday (April 27), writes KoSSev.
Although announced for 10 am, the session started almost 30 minutes late.
As during the previous attempts, first Gljauk Konjufca from Samopredeljenije, the party that won the elections, proposed Aljbuljena Hadji as the president of the assembly.
However, the outcome of the vote was the same. Hadji was supported by 57 deputies. 41 deputies were against, while three deputies abstained. A simple majority of at least 61 votes is required for election.
A new attempt, i.e. the continuation of the session, was again postponed for 48 hours, i.e. for Tuesday, April 29 at 10 a.m.
Failed sessions
More than a month after the final election results were confirmed, that is, 12 days after the first constitutive session, the Kosovo Assembly is still without a president and vice president, and Kosovo is still without a new government.
The first session, or the attempt to constitute the ninth convocation of the Kosovo Assembly, took place on April 15, and with today, it was interrupted seven times and postponed for 48 hours. The overall effect of all these sessions is only the verification of the mandate and the swearing of deputies, and that only at the third session held on April 19, writes KoSSev.
On the first two occasions, the swearing-in was missed due to the non-voting of the mandate verification report, followed by a series of unsuccessful attempts to elect Aljbuljena Hajiju as the President of the Assembly. At all these sessions, Hajiju received 57 votes, i.e. she was four short of a simple majority and appointment.
According to the rules, MPs are obliged to meet every 48 hours until the process is completed, and as the regulation on the work of the assembly says, there is no limit on the number of such meetings, as long as they are held within 48 hours.
However, there is a deadline of one month to choose the President of the Assembly from the date of verification of the mandate. If this does not happen, elections will be announced.
Reuters: New elections increasingly likely
In parliamentary elections on February 9, after a campaign in which outgoing Prime Minister Albin Kurti called the opposition "animals" and "thieves", his Self-Determination party won first place but fell short of an absolute majority.
The opposition parties, which have said they will not enter into a coalition with his party, partially blame Kurti for the escalation of tensions in the north of Kosovo, where the majority of the inhabitants are Serbs, writes the Reuters agency.
By law, parliament must continue to meet until a speaker is elected.
After that, President Vjosa Osmani will give Kurti's party a mandate to form a new ruling coalition. If Kurti fails, the mandate will be awarded to the second-placed Democratic Party of Kosovo, and if they fail, to the third-placed party, the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo.
If all efforts fail, the president may call a snap election - the outcome many analysts expect. A divided political scene could lead to early elections later this year if no government is formed, Reuters writes.
Sources: KoSSev/Reuters
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