Speaker of the Assembly Albulena Haxhiu has condemned the sexist language used by Vetëvendosje MP Fatos Geci against PDK MP Vlora Citaku during the previous session.

She said she was not informed about what Geci had said on Tuesday to the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly and only learned about it the following day through media reports.

“I witnessed the previous session, where I not only warned MP Geci, but also did not allow him to reply to the speech of the PDK representative upon his request. I condemned that language; for me it is unacceptable, divisive, and an attack on the great work of the Kosovo Liberation Army. In this regard, I will also take a position in today’s parliamentary session, and I also condemn the sexist language directed at the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Mrs. Vlora Citaku. I was not informed about this during that session, I did not hear it, and I was informed yesterday by the media, respectively through the published reports. I will not allow the Assembly, as Speaker, to become an arena of confrontations where women MPs are targeted. They are representatives of the citizens of Kosovo, and if such sexist language is used, it will not be allowed and will be condemned by me as Speaker of the Assembly,” she said.