Doors open towards another political crisis in Kosovo

So far, it is still not known whether Vetevendosje will propose the new candidate.

After Thaci's letter, in the hours and votes, incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti has said his party will respond to President Thaci in the <x0 moment, at this time virus”.

Kurti has consistently declared that with President Thaci there is no reconciliation for creating a new government, but has called for the appointment of early parliamentary elections following the passage of the situation created by the coronary pandemic.

The sides can address the Constitutional Court

Florent Spahija, legal expert at the Kosovo Democratic Institute, tells Radio Free Europe that after the president has sought the mandate's name for prime minister by the Vetevendosje Movement, it has the right to take time to consult or make a new coalition to send a new mandate to the government.

But, as Spahija points out, a specific deadline for the mandate for new prime minister is not set for the Kosovo Constitution.

“Yes could be a crisis because Vetevendosje does not have a deadline or a deadline that could send a name to the president, so it does not limit it to the Constitution. Normally, the president can address the Constitutional Court and ask what the optimum deadline would be for the political subject to respond to the president or name the president”.

This could be what happens if the VV doesn't give up its name for a reasonable period of time, otherwise if the VV gives up its name they have another 15 days to go before the assembly with the mandate and with the government cabinet that should be voted in the Parliament”, Spahija has said.

Political Affairs analyst Albert Krasniqi, in a conversation with Radio Free Europe, has expressed the opinion that there is a constitutional uncertainty about the issue. According to him, there is no envisioned deadlines on how long the first party should return an answer -- whether it refuses or wants to proceed with the election of the new prime minister.

However, as Krasniqi says, it should be taken into account that the Constitution should not be tasked with deadlines for any action that should be taken, as certain actions are underachievable.

I see in what I have seen in the constitutional feasibility documents, which are in the Kosovo archive, in the initial drafts, a ten-day deadline is set for the president to appoint a candidate, and this ten-day deadline should be concluded, so the president's request, but the first party's response as well. This ten days is a reasonable deadline within which Vetevendosje will return a reply”, Krasniqi says.

After voting the no-confidence motion on March 25th, on the part of the assembly's 82 deputies, Kosovo is being governed by a government in office.

The motion of no-confidence against the Kurti government was initiated by the ruling Vetevendosje Movement partner party, the Democratic League of Kosovo, and supported by opposition parties as well.

The United States of America and the European Union have asked Kosovo leaders to act in accordance with the Kosovo Constitution.