The Vetëvendosje Movement, in the third continuation of the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly resulting from the February 9 elections, has announced that it will continue to nominate Albulena Haxhiu for president of the 9th legislature.
Although the vote for the candidate formally proposed by Glauk Konjufca on Saturday, after MPs by consensus managed to overcome the issue of verification of mandates, secured only 57 votes in two rounds, Kurti's party has not given up.
PDK, LDK and AAK and NISMA of Fatmir Limaj voted against or abstained for this VV candidate who in their eyes remains a figure not worthy of this position and to a large extent polarizing and divisive in the political scene. Many VV MPs have accused the "opposition" of blocking the constitution of the Assembly. They expressed their conviction that they have the numbers, while in the public opinion it was rumored that Kurti has reached an agreement for co-government with Limaj. This very subject on Saturday did not vote for the VV candidate, sealing the fact that they do not have an agreement.
Duda Balje, the MP who did not even stay in the hall when the vote was taken, did not vote for Kurti either. She later confirmed that she will not cooperate with Kurti and that she will remain in the "opposition".
Article 11 of the Kosovo Assembly's regulations, which have been in force since 2022, confirms that it is up to the largest entity in the Assembly to propose the candidate for Speaker of the Assembly. "The Speaker of the Assembly is elected in the constitutive session, with a majority of votes of all members of the Assembly. The Chairperson of the constitutive session requests the largest political entity in the Assembly to propose the candidate for Speaker of the Assembly," it states.
The Constitutional Court Judgment in Case No. KO119/14 of 2014, in paragraph 127, states that “ it is the right and duty of all members of the Assembly to find a way to elect the President and Vice-Presidents of the Assembly, in accordance with the constitutional provisions regarding the relevant rules of procedure of the Assembly and to make the Assembly functional ”.
In this situation, Kurti and VV find it impossible to elect the speaker of parliament without "finding a way" with the other MPs, as stated in the aforementioned judgment, in order to avoid another session after 48 hours and to prevent the matter from ending up in the Constitutional Court again. (A2 Televizion)
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