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According to them, taking into account developments in the political and institutional spectrum of Kosovo, most parliamentary political parties, besides Vetevendosje Movement, will try to find a political solution so that they can avoid early elections.

On November 5th, Hashim Thaci resigned from the post of Kosovo president after the Specialised Chambers in The Hague confirmed his indictment of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The same day, based on the competencies given to the Constitution, Kosovo Assembly Speaker Vjosa Osmani took over the post of presidential task manager. Under the Constitution, Osmani could remain in the post for six months, until a new president is elected.

So far, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), which is part of the ruling coalition, has proposed that for future president of the country be its leader, Ramush Haradinaj.

The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) has stressed that if other parliamentary parties ask its votes for electing the president, then The PDK will offer them its nominee.

About two weeks ago, Ia Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), which leads the country's ruling coalition, has declared that at the beginning of December or in the coming days, he is expected to organise a meeting with other political subjects to discuss the president's issue. He has stressed that “is better to resolve the issue now” than to go to early elections.

Donika Emine, executive director of the CaviKos platform, says about REL that the issue of electing the president in Kosovo has always been quite sensitive and has been preceded or followed by political crisis.

According to her, currently, the issue of electing the country's new president appears to be even more complex due to the fragility of the current government and the rivalry of the three political parties -- the LDK, the AAK and the PDK.

But, says Emini, signals have already been given to understand the possibility that the LDK has given up the claim of the president's position, because it currently holds the prime minister's position and needs support from a larger party, in this case. PDK, to keep the government alive.

But according to her, so far The PDK has offered no name for the president's position.

“clearly that even inside the party ( There is no cohesion, no compromise, in relation to the PDK candidate for president. But, the fact that the Law for Economic Recovery was voted and had access to LDK, provides indicators that they can support, but normally only if the presidency takes over. PDK. On the other side is Haradinaj, who is self-declared candidate (for president). It is his right, as a political party, but this only causes domestic problems, but which I think this problem can be solved because neither AAK nor any of these parties, which are currently grouped against Vetevendosje, do not confirm the new elections”, Emini said.

Analyst Artan Mujaziri, speaking of Radio Free Europe, considers that the issue of electing the president will be part of a large package of political agreements, in a context of potential coalitions, because the political parties' powers, currently, are at the level that neither can claim dominance.

According to him, there will have to be agreements and compromises on the sides so that a solution can be reached. As Mujardiri says, so far, the LDK has shown constructively, calling on political parties to discuss the issue of electing the president.

Ramush Haradinaj's claims to win the presidential post seem unrealistic because they do not have a powerful basis in the political spectrum and especially within the Kosovo Assembly. As for The PDK, it is still destabilised because of its (formerly, Kadri) envoy to The Hague. So I don't think they have some kind of unity of that level, which is actually to decide on the president's name of presidential post”, Mujadir stressed.

Democratic Party of Kosovo officials have already warned that MPs from this party will not vote on any candidate for president from among the ruling coalition parties.

Avni Bytyqi, spokesperson for PDK says about REL that his party views the issue of electing the president as a comprehensive process.

“E has made it clear several times that it is meaningless that as an opposition party we vote for a candidate coming from the ruling coalition. If the parties that are parliamentary majority are seeking our vote, then the proposal should come out of the PDK. The PDK has many names, which would be proper candidates to be president or president of the country. However, because there is no agreement with other parliamentary parties, we have not reached the stage where we nominated or propose names assigned by party bodies”, Bytyqi stressed.

On the other hand, Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, on December 3rd, during a meeting with journalists, has voiced confidence that the political parties' table will soon be organised to see their mood to discuss finding a solution for the country's president.

Currently, each of the political parties has a certain position. We are not sitting on the table of parliamentary political parties to see whether there is a will to be elected a president and whether there is will, what are political parties' proposals. We know the AAK proposal. Now I have to get PDK. I believe in the coming days this table is arranged and let's see how we can get past”, Hoti said.

He has added that only solutions can be found at the table regarding the president's issue or going to the polls.

But which of the two, the president's election or early parliamentary elections, are more likely to be elected by parliamentary parties?

Analyst Donika Emine suggests that for a healthier democracy, in this case, elections and renewed legitimacy would be the best solution.

This is because we are talking about electing the president, about other internal and external processes Kosovo is going through, as well as expanding the coalition for the second time, means changing the government without elections, is just a serious blow to democracy. However, considering the circumstances in Kosovo, unfortunately, there is more likely to be an approach by these political parties, to get together to avoid elections, because they do not convert any of them”, Emini stressed.

Even analyst Artan Muhhaxhiri estimates that most parliamentary political parties do not make it up to early elections because they are in a highly complicated situation and have no guarantee that they can succeed in the elections.

So, I think they'll do anything to seek a solution outside the election process. But if political stubbornness and narrow interests dominate, then surely we should go to the elections and clear up the political powers of each party, and then start a new process. However, such an approach has many questions, because everything will depend on the election outcome, which no party can guarantee. Especially The PDK and LDK have many dilemmas and questions”, Mujadir stressed.

According to the Constitution, the president's election is done by two-thirds of the vote of all MPs in the assembly. If no candidate gets a majority of two-thirds in the first two votes, the third vote is organised between the two candidates who have received the highest number of votes in the second vote and the candidate who gets the majority of votes of all MPs is elected president of the Republic of Kosovo.

If in the third vote, no candidate is elected president of the Republic of Kosovo, the assembly is distributed and new elections are announced, which should be held within 45 days.