Krasniqi: It's a good moment to have a consensual president come out of politics

Albert Krasniqi, director of the Programmes in Democracy Plus and the expert on political issues, says that on the basis of political forces currently for electing the president, a broad consensus is needed, and that would also be beneficial for the situation Kosovo is facing, including dialogue with Serbia and the Special Court.

The “is a very good moment, where neither of the political forces can make the choice of president, nor those of the ruling coalition nor opposition parties, so it requires broader consensus not only a simple parliamentary majority, and thus exploit the moment, given the political moment we are going through as a dialogue, the Special Court. To have a president coming out of political parties who can also unify the political scene, but also a better representation of the country in the international arena. This would be a safer scenario to elect a president at this moment, and then the fate of the Government would remain on it if there were parliamentary majority”, Krasniqi said.

But such a consensus so far seems far apart, given the party's positions. Krasniqi says that if the political parties do not intend to reach agreement with the president, then the Assembly should be distributed, as if the time has happened to pass with the Constitution for the president's U.S. and we have a new president, the country can enter an institutional vacuum, as the Constitution does not foresee extending the mandate or continuing for the task of the president.

The political parties need to keep in mind that this is not an endless time for them to try different maths, they should immediately initiate procedures for electing the president if they intend to do so, or distribute the Cup and go to the elections, because after six months the Constitution has not presupposed to replace the commission of the president by someone else, nor extension of the mandate, so that we can get to the institutional vacuum and the country does not have the president who will continue the procedures for electing the Government. Perhaps the Constitutional Court can come with an interpretation, but in the Constitution we do not have a clear way of what happens after the end of this mandate after 6 months”, Krasniqi has clarified.

Vjosa Osmani is currently a lawyer for the President's post, following Hashim Thaci's resignation from the country's first post.

Although Osman to exercise such a position is binding on the Constitution, its <x0 minusgolia” to go to Thaci's office had sparked reactions. But according to Krasniqi, Osmani should not necessarily be in the Presidency and exercise this position, after which, it could do the same from the Parliament Speaker's cabinet.

What has caused reaction in public is immediate takeover and deployment at President Thaci's office, because the issue has been more sensitive, the charges against Mr. Thaci and the motives that have led to her resignation have caused such reactions to be made public, but Mrs. Osman must not necessarily be in the President's office to exercise the president's duties, but it can also be done by staying in her office, in the cabinet of the Speaker of the Parliament, and thus continue her agenda by not putting aside even the commitments she has at the Parliament”, Krasniqi has indicated.

Hashim Thaci had resigned from the post of president on November 5th, following the establishment of the indictment by the Special Court. In addition to him at The Hague are other former top KLA and political scene such as Kadri Veselini, Jakup Krasniqi, Rexhep Selimi and Salim Mustafa, to whom the indictment has also been filed.