Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (LVV) has called President Vjosa Osmani’s decision to dissolve the Assembly arbitrary and unconstitutional. The party has announced that it will take Osmani’s decree to the Constitutional Court for interpretation.
The head of LVV’s Parliamentary Group, Arbërie Nagavci, said that Osmani’s decision is unprecedented and unconstitutional.
According to the head of LVV deputies, they did everything possible to elect a president and avoid elections, while noting that they were aware “that there are many parties and interest groups whose plans were disrupted by LVV’s strong public support.”
“Through its chairman, the Prime Minister of the Republic, LVV held several consecutive meetings with each of the leaders of the two largest opposition parties, PDK and LDK. Communications continued without interruption. We considered the election result clear and saw no reason for new elections. PDK insisted that the presidency belongs to them, even though they had only 22 votes in the Assembly. When asked about the candidate’s name, they refused to disclose it, demanding a blank signature for a name they would decide later. On the other hand, both PDK and LDK refused to propose their own candidate, even though LVV offered them enough signatures for a nomination. Even President Osmani did not accept LVV’s signatures, requiring that her candidacy be guaranteed only with full support and votes from all our deputies,” she stated.At a press conference, LVV deputy Adnan Rrustemi considered the president’s decision to dissolve the Assembly unconstitutional. He said the Constitution foresees only two cases for calling early elections.
“Today’s action to dissolve the tenth legislature clearly contradicts the Constitution. It is an arbitrary decision that conflicts with the legal and constitutional basis and naturally undermines the constitutional functioning of institutions. The Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo has no constitutional gaps regarding the circumstances for dissolving the Assembly. In the current context regarding the election of the president, the Constitution provides for two scenarios for dissolving the Assembly and calling early elections. The first is under Article 86, paragraph 6, when after starting the procedure to elect the president, even in the third round with quorum participation, the election fails to reach 61 votes — which is not the case here. The second constitutional scenario is when, within 60 days of starting the procedure, the Assembly fails to elect a president, regardless of the outcome,” he explained.
On Friday, President Vjosa Osmani issued the decree to dissolve the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, as she stated, following the failure of deputies to elect a new president within the constitutional deadline. In the absence of a quorum, the Assembly failed last night to proceed with the presidential vote, in which the candidates were Glauk Konjufca and Fatmire Kollçaku Mulhaxha.
