Acting Minister of Administration and Local Government and chairman of the new Democratic Initiative of Kosovo Elbert Krasniqi has said that seven MPs from non-Serb minority communities will vote in favor of the constitution of the new Assembly and a government led by the Vetëvendosje Movement.
"We are for the Kurti Government because Kurti won the elections and has the majority of Albanians. Now we are relating the numbers, but it is 42.3% [the number of votes for LVV], it is a lot, it is almost as much as everyone else combined and for us this is an important assessment of the citizens of Kosovo and one that must be respected."
After registering as an MP in the new legislature, Krasniqi told the media that other MPs from the non-Serb minority parliamentary group also have the same position.
Among them, in addition to Krasniqi, are Emilija Rexhepi from the New Democratic Party, Albert Kinolli from the United Roma Party, Rasim Demiri from the VAKAT coalition, and representatives of the Ashkali Party for Integration and those of the KDTP.
The other three non-Serb minority seats go to Duda Bale from the Bosniak Social Democratic League of Kosovo, Adem Hoxha from the Gorani United Party, and Veton Berisha from the Egyptian Liberal Party.
Speaking to the media, Berisha said that he has not yet decided how he will vote tomorrow and that he has no agreement with any political party.
The votes of MPs from non-Serb minorities – who have ten seats out of a total of 20 that belong to non-majority communities in the Assembly – could be key to the constitution of the ninth legislature to emerge from the February 9 elections, a vote in which the PDK has said it will not participate. (A2 Televizion)