Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated at the Kosovo Government meeting that the constitution of the Assembly yesterday was prevented by the opposition parties, PDK, LDK, Serbian List and AAK, because according to him, these political entities did not vote for the verification of their mandates as deputies.
According to Kurti, those who refused to formally accept the mandate of MP are demanding that he formally cease to be prime minister, writes A2 CNN.
He also said that the incumbent government of Kosovo is very attentive and responsible in not allowing an institutional vacuum, not even for a single minute.
Kurti at the Government meeting:
The constitution of the Assembly yesterday was made impossible because the opposition parties, PDK, LDK, Serbian List and AAK, did not vote for the verification of their mandates as deputies.
Essentially, those who refused to formally accept the mandate of MP are asking me not to formally be prime minister.
Our government, this cabinet, has been in office and effectively resigned since March 23 of this year, when we have fulfilled our regular and full four-year mandate. From that day until the election of the new government by the ninth legislature of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, our government exercises all the responsibilities that belong to the executive branch in accordance with the legislation in force. This places the government in a caretaker role, to guarantee the continuity, security and uninterrupted functioning of our state, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws of the Republic.
In addition to fulfilling the full governing mandate that places us in a caretaker role until the formation of the new government, I, on behalf of the government cabinet, yesterday addressed the Assembly of our Republic with a letter in which I informed it of the status of our government after March 23, 2025 and of my resignation from the executive position, effective only from that date and in accordance with the Constitution and laws in force.
More than that, it is not possible to resign. More than that would be an abandonment of the institution, an institutional vacuum, political irresponsibility and a threat to national security. It is a request and insistence, to put it mildly, recklessly to leave the house without a homeowner.
The Law on Government makes it clear that a government in resignation continues to exercise its responsibilities (Article 30), albeit limited (Article 31), until the election of a new government. The meeting today, and the exercise of other governmental powers, are fully permissible, even mandatory, under the Law.
So, we have limited functions but there can be no shutdown. The state cannot have a governance vacuum. The government cannot have a shutdown.
We have the example of former Prime Minister Thaçi from the past, who, although he had taken the oath of office as a member of parliament in July 2014, continued to be acting prime minister until December of that year when the new government was voted in.
We have the example of former Prime Minister Haradinaj, who resigned in July 2019, only to continue as acting Prime Minister until the election of the Kurti 1 Government in February 2020.
We also have the example of former Prime Minister Hoti, who remained in office until the formation of the Kurti 2 Government in March 2021, despite the fact that his government was declared illegal by the Constitutional Court in December 2020.
So in our history of the formation of institutions, we have examples from the past when a government led by PDK – although with a dissolved parliament -, a government led by AAK – although resigned -, and a government led by LDK – although declared illegal - have remained in office until the formation of a new government. But a government led by the VETËVENDOSJE! Movement – although it has fulfilled its regular four-year mandate - we wanted it to leave its offices an hour earlier?!
As the undisputed winners of the February 9, 2025 elections, we are very interested in moving forward towards the formation of the institutions of the ninth legislature, and as soon as possible, immediately.
As the incumbent government, we are very attentive and responsible not to allow an institutional vacuum, not for a day, not for an hour, but not for a single minute.
Despite the irresponsible opposition calls yesterday for a state shutdown, the state is functioning: from the arrest of Serbian criminals, to the digitalization of fiscal cash registers, and to the publication in Shkodra of the Pristina-Durres railway project with 14 tunnels, 43 bridges, 7 new stations and a length of almost 106 kilometers.
The state is still functioning today with the decisions that we have before us on the agenda for the 258th meeting, in which we will have for review the new Board of Directors of the Public Enterprise "Regional Water Supply Company Hidroregjioni Jugor", the loan for the Kosovo Telecom, the Action Plan for the implementation of the Strategy for the Advancement of the Rights of the Roma and Ashkali Communities, the preliminary proposal for the expropriation in the public interest of immovable properties for the needs of the Central Security Institutions of the Republic of Kosovo in the Municipality of Prizren and Malisheva, and others, and others.
I assure citizens that beyond the opposition noise and some media outlets of the former regime and the oligarchs who have even gone so far as to register businesses in Serbia, the Republic of Kosovo, our homeland, is moving forward in economy and democracy, with respect, with law and with security and peace for all. (A2 Televizion)
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