The Assembly starts the autumn session, the February elections are expected to affect its performance

The Assembly of Kosovo today starts the autumn session with the plenary session where there are 29 items on the agenda for consideration and voting.

The Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) has evaluated the spring session of the Assembly of Kosovo as weak. According to them, in this session the parliamentary supervision of the executive has failed and the trend of lack of quorum in plenary sessions has continued. On the other hand, they emphasized that the elections scheduled for February 9, 2025 are expected to affect the performance of the autumn session of the Assembly.

The majority during the spring session approved 36 draft laws, of which only 1 percent of them are from the legislative agenda of 2024, while about 99 percent of this agenda remains for treatment during the autumn session.

Of the draft laws approved, 20 of them are international agreements, while there are 15 draft laws and a draft code that regulate various topics and issues. In the spring session in the Assembly, there were 525 absences, or 24.3 percent of the MPs were absent

Meanwhile, today the session starts at 10:00 with the following agenda:

Agenda

1. Approval of the minutes from the previous session,
2. Declarations outside the agenda,
3. Parliamentary questions,
4. Election of one (1) member of the Radio and Television Board of Kosovo, from among the Albanian community,
5. Appointment of seven (7) members of the Kosovo Council on Cultural Heritage,
6. Voting of the Draft Law No. 08/L-309 on the ratification of the Financing Agreement, for the first program for “Financing of development policies for fiscal effectiveness, competitiveness and green growth”, between the Republic of Kosovo, represented by the Ministry of Finance, Labor and Transfers and the International Development Association,
7. Review of the Draft Law no. 08/L-313 on the ratification of the amendment of the Agreement for the membership of the Republic of Kosovo in the International Monetary Fund and the organizations of the World Bank Group,
8. Review of the Draft Law no. 08/L-314 on the ratification of the Loan Agreement between the Republic of Kosovo and the European Investment Bank for the Solar Photovoltaic Energy Project in KEK – Global Gateway (shq. Porta Globale).
9. Voting in the second reading of the Draft Law No. 08/L-212 on reproductive health and medically assisted fertilization,
10. Voting in the second reading of the Draft Law no. 08/L-294 on amending and supplementing of the Law no. 08/L-197 on Public Officials,
11. The second review of the Draft Law no. 08/L-287 on the Security Council of the Republic of Kosovo,
12. Second review of Draft Law no. 08/L-275 on Roads,
13. Second review of the Draft Law no.08/L-290 on amending and supplementing the Law no.08/L-013 on property rights of foreign citizens in the Republic of Kosovo,
14. Voting in principle of Draft Law no. 08/L-266 on Civil Status,
15. Voting in principle of the Draft Law no. 08/L-300 for the State Matriculation Exam,
16. The first review of the Draft Law no. 08/L-306 on amending and supplementing of the Law no. 05/L-132 on Vehicles,
17. The first review of the Draft Law no. 08/L-311 on the Management of Water Resources,
18. Review of the Draft Code of Conduct for Members of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo,
19. Review of the National Program for European Integration 2024-2028,
20. Voting on the draft resolution to address the findings of the Report of the US Department of State-DASH,
21. Review of the Draft Declaration on the relations of the Republic of Kosovo with the United States of America,
22. Review of the draft resolution addressing the issue of emigration of citizens from the Republic of Kosovo,
23. Review of the draft resolution for the withdrawal of three (3) draft laws from consideration in the Assembly,
24. Review of the draft resolution on the escape of convicted persons – the degradation of security institutions,
25. Review of the Report with recommendations for the supervision of the implementation of Law no.05/L-090 on sponsorships in the field of culture, youth and sports, amended and supplemented by Law no. 06/L-116,
26. Review of the Proposal-resolution for the evaluation of the work of the Information Privacy Agency for the year 2022,
27. Review of the Performance Report of public enterprises for the year 2022,
28. Reporting of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo on the progress on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the reflection of the Transformative Agenda of Kosovo in the budget and government policies,
29. Establishment of the Ad-Hoc Committee for the selection of candidates for two (2) members of the Radio and Television Board of Kosovo, one from the Albanian community and one from the Serbian community.