6 minutes agoView from the moment Parliament had elected Rugova president of Bajram Rexhepi prime minister
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Parliament deputies indiscriminately stood up and applauded when they first elected Kosovo's president and prime minister in 2002. In March 2002, there was unity in the Assembly after 88 votes had voted LDK leader Ibrahim Rugova in the post of president, while the prime minister had been elected [...]
In March 2002, there was unity in the Assembly after 88 votes had voted LDK leader Ibrahim Rugova in the post of president, while Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi was elected PDK.
Kosovo is expected to soon have a similar process of voting in the government and president after the February 14th 2021 elections, but 19 years later it is not certain whether the next government expected to be formed by the Vetevendosje Movement will manage to have the numbers to elect President Vjosa Osmani by 80 votes, while in addition lacking unity and it is unclear whether opposition parties will stay in the Assembly to create the corummer for Osmani to be elected by 61 as president in the third round, in the event that in two rounds does not get 81 votes, the Magina writes.
Images of the March 4, 2002, date can be seen below:
