Kosovo is facing a political and institutional crisis. This is because political parties have not managed to create a governing majority. The CEC informs the media in Kosovo that 24 political entities have not been able to cross even the 5 percent threshold to enter the Assembly. This makes the new government of Kosovo fragile and endangered by other elections.
Twenty-four entities, coalitions, or independent candidates that competed in the February 9 elections in Kosovo did not pass the 5 percent electoral threshold. Among them are four that represent the majority Albanian community and in total - according to preliminary results - they amount to almost 21 thousand votes. The CEC spokesperson, Valmir Elezi, tells KosovaPress that this institution certifies the results of each political entity or candidate that participated in the elections, even when they do not pass the threshold, while adding that the law stipulates that in the allocation of mandates for the Assembly of Kosovo, only political entities that have passed the electoral threshold are included.
"The Central Election Commission certifies the results for each political entity and the candidates certified for participation in the elections. So, the CEC certifies the results of political entities, which includes the number and percentage of votes won even in the case when they do not exceed the stipulated threshold of 5%. According to the law, only political entities that have passed the electoral threshold are included in the allocation of mandates for the Assembly of Kosovo," says Elezi.
Vullnet Bugaqku from the Democratic Institute of Kosovo says that the votes of political entities that have not passed the electoral threshold have no significance in determining new seats in the Assembly.
"The votes of entities that have not passed the threshold are not distributed to other entities that have entered the Kosovo Parliament because the moment you pass the 5% threshold, you are automatically allocated the formula for dividing the parliament. Someone has 5.5%, gets 7 seats, someone 25% gets maybe 30 deputies. This distribution of 100 seats is done for entities that have passed the electoral threshold, not for those that have not passed the electoral threshold," he says.
Professor of legal affairs, Mazllum Baraliu, recalls that it was previously the practice for the votes of political entities that did not pass the 5% electoral threshold to be distributed to parties that managed to be part of the Kosovo Assembly.
"Those who have not passed the electoral threshold, that is, parties, or independent candidates or political entities... with the previous law before this amendment, they were reinstated and given as a gift according to the rotation system from the largest party, the second, the third to the political parties that have received mandates. But it has been declared that now those votes can no longer be counted," says Baraliu.
According to the current results, in the parliamentary elections in Kosovo, the winning party is the Vetevendosje Movement, in coalition with Guxo and Alternativa with 40.90%, followed by the Democratic Party of Kosovo with 22.03%, followed by the Democratic League of Kosovo with 17.64%. The AAK-NISMA coalition has received 7.46% of the votes, while the Serbian List with 4.60%. (A2 Televizion)
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