Haradinaj awaits Thaci

The “Ende is not set when the constitutional sessions will be held. Whenever the decision is made, we will announce to you”, said Adrian Arifaj, political adviser to President Thaci.

Since the Certificate of the results of the June 11th parliamentary elections, the legal deadline for the institution's constitutionalisation continues until the first week of August.

Kosovo Assembly officials also told Free Europe Radio that the Kosovo Assembly Administration is ready whenever asked to prepare the constitutional session. According to them, after the president calls for the Convention Constituent session, the census will also take place and it can take two to three days.

Members of the Alliance's Headship for the Future of Kosovo say that the pre-election coalition, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo and the Initiative for Kosovo and nominated for prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj, are within the constitutional and legal deadline for the establishment of the Government of Kosovo.

Muharrem Nitaj, member of the AAK's Headship and spokesman, told Radio Free Europe that it is expected that President [Hashim Thaci,] under the competencies that he has, within the time terms, will call the constitutional assembly of the Parliament and immediately thereafter proceed with government voting.

“We are confident that the president of the country will call the House session very soon, maybe I will call him within this week, so that it will eventually be held within this week or next week”, Nitaj said.

nominated for prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj by coalition PAN in an interview for Radio Free Europe has declared that in the first week following the Certificate of results by the Central Election Commission will form the new Government.

Nitaj, however, explains there are some legal procedures that must be respected, underlining that this issue has nothing to do with delays.

The “is not the question in the will and willingness of the nominated for prime minister, Mr. Haradinaj, but there are some procedures that are the question of Kosovo's internal organisation. In fact, the currently stop is the hands of the country's president, who can use his constitutional timeline and call the Assembly session within the”, Nitaj said.

With the Constitution of the Parliament established, verification of mandates is made and the new chairman of this institution, who will be nominated by the coalition. PAN (Democratic Party of Kosovo, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo and Initiative). The five deputy heads of the Assembly, who will make up the institution's new headship, will also be elected.

From the moment of the Assembly Construction, based on election outcome, coalition candidate PAN for prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj must within 15 days make his proposal for the formation of the new Kosovo government. He is expected to receive the mandate for prime minister from the president of Kosovo. Part of the government, according to the Constitution, will also be minority communities, which as a whole constitute 20 deputies in the Kosovo Assembly. For the formation of the government, at least 61 MPs are necessary.