The constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly has once again failed. This marks the 33rd failure to establish the ninth legislature.
Session chair Avni Dehari opened the session by requesting names for the commission, but no nominations were provided by PDK, LDK, or AAK. The proposed commission was then put to a vote, receiving only 51 votes in favor, one against, and no abstentions.
As a result, the session was adjourned and scheduled to continue on June 19 at 10:00.
All previous continuations of the constitutive session have failed, as Vetëvendosje, Guxo, and Alternativa have not secured enough votes to elect the new Speaker of the Assembly.
Albulena Haxhiu has failed six times to be elected Speaker through open voting, and the formation of the commission to oversee the secret voting process has failed more than twenty times. This commission is being opposed by the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and NISMA.
The parliamentary group of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo has submitted a request to the Constitutional Court to interpret the legality of the secret voting process for the Speaker, proposed by Vetëvendosje, Guxo, and Alternativa.
The continuation of the constitutive session must be held every forty-eight hours until the new composition of the Assembly is confirmed.
Calls to unblock the situation continue both from within and outside of Kosovo.
