The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) expressed concern over the failure to appoint its second member to the Central Election Commission (CEC). The party considers President Vjosa Osmani’s decision a violation of constitutionality, democracy, and elections in Kosovo.
PDK Secretary for Membership and Finance, Betim Gjoshi, said that party leader Bedri Hamza had been asked to propose candidates for CEC members.
At the press conference, Gjoshi said that the head of state has a responsibility to explain to citizens what led her to withdraw at the last moment from the constitutional path.
“Osmani’s refusal and her hiding behind referring the matter to the Constitutional Court, when the Constitution is clear and the institutional practice followed by herself is already consolidated, is deliberate damage to the representation of the Democratic Party of Kosovo in the CEC, and consequently a weakening of the opposition’s role in this key institution for administering elections at this critical political stage for our state. In the new process of extraordinary elections, which Kosovo is expected to enter within a few days, the opposition is being excluded from its role in the administration and guarantee of the electoral process,” Gjoshi added.He added that PDK will use all lawful means, as he put it, in seeking the implementation of its right to be represented in the CEC.
