The Chairman of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Lumir Abdixhiku, said that the Constitution of Kosovo enables any party that proves to the President, Vjosa Osmani, that it can form a majority in the Assembly, to form the new Government of Kosovo.
After registering as an MP in the ninth legislature, Abdixhiku was asked by journalists whether the LDK – which came third in the February 9 parliamentary elections and won 20 seats in the Assembly – had aligned its positions with other parties on the formation of new institutions.
He said that "we are not at that stage," adding that the LDK has not changed its positions regarding the formation of the Kosovo Government.
"Procedurally, you know that on April 15th the oath is taken, then the proposal of the Speaker of the Assembly is made, the Assembly is constituted after the election of the Speaker and the Presidency. We recognize the full right of the first party in these elections to try to form a majority. If they do not, after 15 days the Constitution of Kosovo is very clear, it gives the right to any party that proves to the President that it can form a majority, to do such a thing. We have not reached that point," he said.
Abdixhiku days ago rejected an invitation for consultations on new institutions from the leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, Albin Kurti. The LDK has previously rejected a possible cooperation with the LVV and has set as a condition that he take the post of prime minister in case of reaching a coalition with other Albanian parties, which were in opposition in the previous legislation.
The LDK leader was asked if his party would vote for the speaker of the Assembly – who must be proposed by Kurti's LVV – but, he said that any person who does not have 61 votes to be elected speaker should not become the speaker of the Kosovo Assembly.
Only after the constitution of the Assembly, the President of Kosovo must mandate the LVV, as the winner of the elections, to form the Government, for which 61 votes are needed.
The LVV, which has won 48 seats in the Kosovo Assembly, has admitted that it cannot form the new Kosovo Government without cooperation with one of the Albanian parties represented in the Assembly.
Kurti's party is not even sure of the 10 votes from non-Serb communities, which have traditionally supported the governing coalition, although most of these parties have said they would vote for an executive led by him.
Meanwhile, of the other 10 seats reserved for the Serb community, nine were won by the Serbian List and one by the party of the acting Minister for Communities and Returns, Nenad Rašić.
PDK leader Memli Krasniqi said earlier on April 11 that his party expects to receive the right to nominate its candidate to form the Government if Kurti fails to form one. (A2 Televizion)
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