The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) on Monday sent the issue of the secret ballot for the Speaker of the Kosovo Assembly to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo.
The request, submitted by deputies from the ranks of the AAK and supported by deputies from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), came amid the impasse in the Kosovo Assembly, which has not been constituted even after 14 consecutive attempts, three months after the elections were held.
"As the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, with the signatures of the Alliance's deputies, the Democratic League of Kosovo, but also the Democratic Party of Kosovo, we have sent to the Constitutional Court for interpretation the change in voting in the middle of the procedures for electing the Speaker of Parliament," AAK MP Time Kadrijaj told reporters.
"We asked the Constitutional Court to treat this as a priority... Considering that it is a legal violation, we believe that the value of the Assembly of Kosovo is being devalued, by holding plenary sessions every 48 hours, and sessions [with which] we consider that the Constitution of Kosovo is being violated," she said.
"We asked the actors to treat it with priority, perhaps even with a temporary suspension, with a temporary measure to prohibit the holding of hearings, until the Court treats this case with priority and makes a decision," said Kadrijaj.
The request that AAK submitted to the Constitutional Court was published in full on his Facebook account by AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj.
He said that "the game of not constituting the Kosovo Assembly has become shameful, not only for the deputies elected by the people, but also for Kosovo itself as a state."
According to Haradinaj, "the repeated hearings every 48 hours, without any decision, have become a model of our state immaturity."
On May 1, in the ninth attempt to constitute the Assembly, the chairman of the session, Avni Dehari from the Vetëvendosje Movement (LVV), proposed that the vote for the Speaker of the Assembly be changed and held in secret, and requested the formation of an ad-hoc commission to oversee the vote.
This proposal was rejected by the other parties – PDK, LDK, AAK and the Serbian List.
The proposal of the chair of the session was made as the LVV's nominee for Speaker of the Assembly, Albulena Haxhiu, failed in several votes to receive the 61 votes necessary to be confirmed in the post.
Haxhiu is seen by PDK and AAK as a "divisive figure", while LDK says it will not support any LVV candidate for speaker of parliament.
The LVV insists that Haxhiu deserves to be elected and, although it has sought political agreements with other parties, it has ruled out the possibility of bringing forward another candidate besides itself.
The constitution gives the winning party the right to propose a candidate for speaker of parliament, and the acting prime minister, also leader of the LVV, Albin Kurti, reiterated days ago that the party does not intend to bring forward another candidate besides Haxhiu, saying that it is the duty of all parliamentary parties to constitute the Assembly.
The deputies must elect the president and five vice presidents to finally constitute the new Assembly.
Only after the constitution of the Assembly can the new Government be formed./ REL (A2 Televizion)
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