Opposition positions guilty of failure to function

According to them, the plenary sessions are not fair, while the points that are determined to be discussed in the plenary sessions are collected and procrastinated their discussion for months. In most cases, according to them, when laws must be adopted, the number of MPs is insufficient. They first mark their presence and then abandon the session.

Albert Krasniqi, analyst from Kosovo Democratic Institute, says about REL that the work of the Parliament and the effect of its decisions is becoming extremely damaged because the issues raised in the Assembly and not addressed at the right time may no longer be relevant in a later period.

The chairmanship of the Assembly is not at the top of the task rather than responsiblely organised to have a much better schedule of sessions, to have a work plan that is respected and preset sessions so that even MPs, but also members of the government cabinet, can prepare for the points of the agenda discussed in the Assembly. I guess that's how they could've had a bigger quorum. MPs could participate more regularly in the plenary sessions, when these (repute points) are set much earlier and the agenda of the Parliament's works must be known”, Krasniqi said.

Analyst Krasniqi says the blame for the inefficientness of the Kosovo Assembly is held by political parties represented in the Parliament, the opposition and the power.

Opposition parties, according to him, have shown constructiveness in adopting laws that have come from the Kosovo government, on the other hand have shown irrational in their demands, with frequent interventions and resolutions, which have rather had popular nature.

As Krasniqi says, ruling parties have been in government service rather than have exercised their role as MPs demanding greater accountability from the government cabinet.

Artan Demhay from the Organisation for Democracy, Anti-Corruption and Dinjitie “Arise”, stresses that the Kosovo Assembly is formally functional, but not in practice.

The “is not functioning with the blame of MPs themselves, who are not present either at the plenary sessions where different policies are discussed. At the same time, a large part of them are not present in parliamentary commissions, where they should first discuss the laws and then prepare them for the session. This means that although formally functionally, it is actually saying that the Assembly is not functioning, because it is not carrying out its principal constitutional and legal obligation, which is the adoption of laws”, Demhaja stressed.

But are there signals that the dynamics of the Parliament's work can change positively or otherwise, as a result, can be made in early elections?

Analyst Krasniqi, cautions that political parties, for the time being, are not ready for early elections, but the situation could change.

“In the absence of an interest in the work in the Assembly and the issues discussed there, the work of the Parliament is under way. This is how a field is being prepared for elections at a time next year. The best solution would be to have a vote of confidence from the side of the prime minister, and that is an option for those prime ministers, who are responsible and who do not have a parliamentary majority in the Parliament”, Krasniqi stressed.

Meanwhile, Demhaya, expresses the opinion that the Parliament itself should first take measures against MPs who do not meet the constitutional obligations for which they have taken the voters' vote.

“needs to start taking punitive measures against MPs, who are not present on commissions and also in plenary sessions, because they have been chosen to represent the people in the Kosovo Assembly. But if we see that it's not working at all, then we see the Parliament failing. So if you're not performing the primary function, law voting, then you have to consider going to the election”, Demhaje said.

Of the 130 bills, which have been envisioned for approval in the Kosovo Assembly, 24 of them have been adopted. Meanwhile, there are 41 bills in the procedure and waiting to enter the procedure, there are 65 bills.