Albin Kurti with concrete proposals shows what Vetevendosje will do on 24 August in the Assembly

The candidate for prime minister from Vetevendosje, Albin Kurti, has written an open letter on how to deal with blocking institutions in the country.

He says it is clear that the main impasse in the country is coming from PAN.

In a Facebook text, Kurti warns of steps the Vetevendosje Movement will take in this situation, writes Periscope.

This means that, when the Assembly meets, a majority of its members can gather and jointly propose a candidate for the decision-chair position and then elect that person by their votes. This is what the V Movement plans to do. He writes.

Open Letter

How do we get out of the lock?

Amid much political controversy, where processes lose the substance, however, two facts are clear. First, the institutional deadlock we are in is now damaging Kosovo, domestic but also internationally. Second, the deadlock has one blame: PAN, who is misusing a preliminary that has guaranteed him a wrong decision by the Constitutional Court. Refusing to appear at the Assembly hearings and not appointing a candidate for the Parliament's Headship they are blocking Kosovo and eroded its democracy.

We know why they're doing this. This is because they lack votes, whether to name the Speaker of the Parliament they want, or to form governments.

However, other representatives of Kosovo citizens cannot continue to react passively to this arrogant and unacceptable mockery. They have a duty on the country to end this extremely damaging situation. And they can end it. Let me explain how.

The constitution text attributes the exclusive right to propose a candidate for Parliamentary Assembly Speaker “to the largest parliamentary group”. This rule should be respected. But first he must be understood. And there is no doubt that what the expression in the Constitution means is “each group that has the necessary majority to choose the Speaker of the Assembly”, so each parliamentary group that has 61 votes, or more than that. There is no doubt about it, because, unlike the prime minister's election case, this rule offers no solution to any possible impasse. So it must be interpreted in such a way that jams cannot occur.

True, in 2014 The Constitutional Court gave another reading to this rule. It is the same reading that is allowing PAN to block Kosovo by boycotting the Convention Constituent session. But that reading is clearly wrong, and that can be witnessed.

The court is dependent on the Constitution, and not the Constitution by the Court, so its interpretations can always be overturned. And so in every country of the world, jurisdiction evolves and corrects past mistakes. Especially in such a serious case as ours, representatives of the Kosovo Assembly have the duty, not just the right, not to take into account that wrong interpretation and follow the true meaning of the Constitution.

This means that, when the Parliament meets, a majority of its members can gather together to propose a candidate for the decision chairman's position and then elect that person by their votes. This is what the V Movement plans to do. I'm sorry.

Of course, others may disagree. They will be able to bring this matter before the Constitutional Court, and we will obey it. Nor can we imagine that the Constitutional Court will be able to approve the deliberate impasse PAN is making institutions.

Next, Movement V EVENTION! proposes to all political parties that are led by public interest and aiming to protect and not harm Kosovo's democracy, so that they join us in this initiative.

In all, we propose that we MPs regularly participate in the constitutional session select a common candidate for the Parliament Speaker for August 24th. On that date, if The PAN boycotts the session or if it refuses to field its candidate, then we will vote on ours. And if PAN wants to present a candidate, then each subject and MP will make their own choice -- because the initiative we propose in the first place is aimed at overcoming this impasse. If the candidate submitted by the PAN does not get the right votes, then the common candidate could be voted in the same session.

We are open to any proposal regarding the candidate for the Speaker of the Parliament. We think that that person should be elected between the more respected and less partial deputies, because it should ensure all sides that it will perform in that important post without taking sides, sending a signal to our citizens that politics in Kosovo has begun to change.

Elections are made for the functioning Assembly, not blocking itself and the entire Republic. The side that doesn't exploit her right loses her. The Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo also credits the president with calling the first session of the Kosovo Assembly, but in the case when the president fails to exploit that right, Article 66.3, says the Parliament meets without the president's participation.

When this impasse is over and when we manage to elect as Mayor Kuwait an MP from those honorables, then we can continue with the next issue, which will be the formation of the government.

Pristina, August 18th 2017

Albin Kurti, deputy nominated for V Movement prime minister EVIDENCE!