Krasniqi: We could have procrastination for the Parliament

They have made it known about Kosovo's Kosovo Presidency officials. However, the Parliament's work monitors say the constitution's constitutionalisation will depend entirely on the coalition. The PAN has numbers for forming the government and that there may be procrastination of the Parliament, as it is considered constitutional only when elected chairman and deputy head of the Parliament.

Under the Constitution of Kosovo, Article 66, point 1 -- the Kosovo Assembly is elected by a four-year term starting on the day of the constitutional hearing, held within thirty days of the official announcement of election results.

The Presidency's Media Office in a written response to KosovaPress has not specified when to call the constitutional session, but has suggested that legal and constitutional deadlines will be respected.

“The president of the Republic of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, will respect all legal and constitutional deadlines during the process of establishing new institutions, released from early elections on June 11th”, the presidency's Office for Media says in response.

Albert Krasniqi from the Kosovo Democratic Institute that monitors the work of the Parliament, explains how the Kosovo Assembly should be constitutionalised.

Krasniqi: The President is obliged to call the constitutional session

After the certificate of CEC election results, the president has 30 days available to invite the Assembly Constituent session. And if the president does not invite the session, then MPs can gather themselves without the need for an invitation from the president. The old head of the Assembly is obliged to make all preparations for the constitutional session, and it must do so in co-operation with all the heads of political subjects represented in the Assembly. The constitutional session should be led by the oldest deputy assisted by the youngest MP until the moment the new Speaker of the Assembly is elected. The party that has won the majority in the Assembly -- so it has emerged first of these elections -- has the right to propose candidates for the Speaker of the Assembly among the 120 elected deputies. This candidate for election must receive majority of MPs' votes at least 61 votes in order to be elected head of the Parliament”, Krasniqi said.

If the mayor is not elected in the first round, according to Krasniqi, even in the second round again the candidate is proposed by the same political subject.

However, Krasniqi says the Assembly is considered only constitutional at the moment of electing the chairman and deputy chairman, and not at the moment of taking the oath by MPs. According to him, there may be procrastination of the Parliament's institution if the president and vice president are not elected at the first session when the president calls.

Krasniqi: We could have procrastination for the Parliament

“Many will depend on whether to have the necessary numbers for political subjects in the Assembly to form the government and speed with which new institutions will be introduced. In case the coalition PAN then may have procrastination and constitutional sessions not to be called up to 30 days by the president. Then to constantly propose different candidates for Parliament Speakers if other MPs do not support those proposals coming from the coalition The PAN and here could have a procrastinated procrastination of the Parliament if other parties do not support the candidate proposed by PAN<1>, Krasniqi said.

He sees this consequence, which stems from the Constitutional Court's act of justice, as he calls it meaningless to impose only one candidate on a political subject for the head of the Parliament.

After the Parliament's binding, according to Article 95 of the Constitution of Kosovo, point 1 -- the president of the Republic of Kosovo proposes the candidate for prime minister -- in consultation with the political party or the coalition that has won the necessary majority in the Assembly to form Government.

While provision 2 and the same article, the candidate for prime minister -- not later than fifteen days after the appointment -- represents the composition of the government before the Kosovo Assembly and requires approval by the Parliament.

According to Article 95's score, the government is considered elected if it receives the majority of votes of all Kosovo Assembly deputies.

Until Article 95's 4th point says that if the proposed composition of the Government does not get the most necessary votes, the president of the Republic of Kosovo, within ten days, appoints the other candidate according to the same procedure.

If not the second time the Government is not elected, then the president of Kosovo announces the elections, which should be held no later than forty days from the day of their proclamation”, it is said further at point 4.