The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, has warned that she will address the Constitutional Court next week if the Kosovo Assembly is not constituted by the weekend.
She made these statements at a press conference after returning from visits to the United States and Latvia, and on the day that marked the 48th attempt to constitute the Assembly, following the February 9 parliamentary elections, without any success.
"We are preparing the case for the Constitutional Court and if there is no agreement during the weekend that could result in constituted institutions, we will address the Court at the beginning of the week, but we do not know how long it will take for it to respond," Osmani said.
Among other things, Osmani emphasized that it is not her place to negotiate government coalitions and that such a thing is prohibited by the Constitution.
The court has set July 26 as the deadline for constitution, it has not provided further details on what happens next if the parties do not reach an agreement by then.
"I am convinced that as with any other deadline, a mandatory deadline, even for this deadline which the Court has declared mandatory and constitutional, if it is not respected, there should be legal consequences. I am not talking about criminal consequences. Legal consequences mean what happens to the institutions if they are not constituted by July 26?" asked Osmani.
Despite the fact that July 26th is getting closer and closer, political parties seem to be solid in their positions and blame each other for the situation that has arisen.
However, it remains to be seen what will happen over the weekend, as Social Democratic Initiative MP Xhevahire Izmaku said earlier on Thursday that she expects the party's chairman, Fatmir Limaj, to meet with the leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, Albin Kurti, for a possible agreement over the weekend.
"We expect that there will be a positive epilogue at the weekend, so we hope that these talks, which have continued for months, will produce results and Kosovo will have institutions," Izmaku told reporters.
According to her, the topic of the talks is for Limaj to be a candidate for Speaker of the Parliament, adding that "finally someone is rising above personal and party egos, and it seems that this will be Mr. Limaj, because from the beginning he has changed the discourse in this country."
The situation is blocked after the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the Democratic League of Kosovo, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo and the Serbian List - the largest Serb party in Kosovo - refuse to propose a candidate for the formation of a secret ballot commission, arguing that the method of changing the voting by the chairman of the session, Avni Dehari, is unconstitutional.
The Vetëvendosje Movement, the party that won the most votes in the elections, is demanding that Albulena Haxhiu – proposed for Speaker of Parliament – be voted on only once through secret ballot and if she does not secure the necessary 61 votes, she will withdraw from the race.
She has not secured the necessary votes in several consecutive sessions that have been held with open voting. For some parties, she is a divisive and unacceptable figure.
Members of civil society have protested several times in front of the Parliament building, calling MPs to account./ REL (A2 Televizion)
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