The leader of the Vetëvendosje Movement, Albin Kurti, said that in order to elect the country’s new president and to avoid Kosovo going back to elections, “the opposition’s refusal behavior must end.”

Kurti stated that they will try to cooperate as much as possible with the opposition regarding the election of the president or presidentess, reports KosovaPress.

After the start of reconstruction works on the Malishevë–Arllat road, Kurti told the media that Kosovo’s 11th legislature should be constituted as soon as possible.

Kurti also criticized the Constitutional Court over the issue of the president, saying it should not rewrite the Constitution but only interpret it.

“But, of course, you know that regarding the issue of the president, the election of the president or presidentess, we cannot do this alone, because 80 people are needed in the chamber for quorum, based on a Constitutional Court ruling, which, to be honest, has had many critical and credible interpretations, because we know that the Constitutional Court should not rewrite the Constitution, nor amend it, but only interpret it. And we have had many examples where we have seen a kind of judicial activism. But we are now in this situation and we need cooperation. We will try to have as much cooperation as possible with the opposition regarding the election of the president or presidentess,” he said.

The acting Prime Minister expressed hope that this time the opposition will change its approach to Vetëvendosje’s proposals, instead of responding with rejection.

He added that otherwise, they “will no longer have part of the identity that made them be called the blockade opposition.”

“There have been no shortages of offers from our side in the past. Our approach is constructive, creative, and active, but I hope that this time the opposition’s approach to our proposals will change, unlike last time when they responded with rejection. They will no longer have part of the identity that made us call them the blockade opposition. As you know, we offered to co-govern, they said no. With 15 MPs we offered four ministries and the deputy prime minister, they refused. So, do you understand. To move forward, the opposition’s refusal behavior must end, while we have this in our character as a movement, since we were founded,” Kurti said.

According to preliminary results from the Central Election Commission for the June 7 elections, Vetëvendosje came first, winning 52 seats, or 45.91% (353,119 votes).

Democratic Party of Kosovo came second with 22 seats, or 19.95% (153,437 votes).

Democratic League of Kosovo came third with 19 seats, or 17.03% (131,027 votes), while the Alliance came fourth with 7 seats, or 6.89% (52,963 votes).