The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, will invite political party leaders to meetings in the coming days to discuss the constitution of the Kosovo Assembly.
"The President expects the parties represented in the Assembly to implement the Constitutional Court's ruling and conclude the constitutive session within 30 days, as requested by the Court," said Bekim Kupina, Osmani's media advisor.
The Constitutional Court, in a ruling published on June 26, obliged the deputies elected in the February elections to constitute the legislative body within 30 days.
However, the Vetëvendosje Movement has said that the verdict allows for a secret ballot for the speaker of parliament, while the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the Democratic League of Kosovo, and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo have argued the opposite.
"If the need arises, the president remains ready to address the Constitutional Court for additional clarifications," said Kupina.
President Osmani had expressed her readiness to address the Constitutional Court even after a consultative meeting she had with political leaders on May 15.
For the 39th time in a row, on Saturday, MPs failed to constitute the Assembly. Since May 1 – when the chairman of the session, Avni Dehari from LVV, proposed that the Assembly Speaker be voted on by secret ballot – PDK, LDK, AAK-Nisma and Lista Srpska have not proposed representatives for the commission that would oversee the secret ballot.
These parties have argued that the change in the voting method is unconstitutional, and it was AAK, with the support of PDK and LDK deputies, that sent the issue of secret voting to the Constitutional Court.
On June 28, the leader of the LVV, Albin Kurti, invited the leaders of political parties for consultations, but even after two hours of meeting, the parties did not reach any agreement to break the political deadlock.
After the meeting, Kurti blamed the parties that were in opposition last term for misinterpreting the verdict, saying that he also offered compromises at the meeting.
But, PDK, LDK, and AAK have said that they have requested that the sessions not continue with the same scenario, that is, with secret voting.
LVV's candidate for Speaker of Parliament, Albulena Haxhiu, following the Constitutional Court's decision, has declared that she will withdraw from the candidacy if she does not secure the necessary 61 votes in the secret ballot.
For the Assembly to be considered constituted, MPs must vote for the Speaker and five Deputy Speakers – for whom 61 votes are required.
Only after this process is concluded, LVV, as the winner of the elections, can attempt to form the new Government of Kosovo./ REL (A2 Televizion)
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