What are the procedures before the new Kosovo government is formed?

This meeting is considered closed only after the chairman and deputy heads of the Parliament are elected.

Based on preliminary results, the Speaker of the Assembly will meet with the Vetevendosje (LVV) Movement, which has won the most votes. But if this party does not propose someone for chairman, the process will freeze in the country, reports Radio Free Europe.

Eugen Cakoli from the Kosovo Democratic Institute reminds us that, if that happens, it would not be the first time:

“Based on the practice of 2014, when the institution's binding procedure had lasted six months then the Constitutional Court has not determined legal, nor constitutional, terms that within what period the winning subject of elections is imposed to propose a candidate for the head of the Parliament”.

According to him, if there is no other Constitutional Court, the process can drag on until next year, when the president's mandate expires, and extraordinary elections are held.

In 2014, the process had only been unblocked when the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) had abandoned the then opposition bloc, and joined the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) in the coalition government.

Why would LV block?

The party of the current prime minister, Albin Kurti, could drag up the processes if it fails to form a stable coalition to close the cycle of forming institutions.

But if the Speaker of the House is elected, then the clock tickets start for the next deadline.

The country's president is tasked with nominating the winning election party as mandated for forming government.

Although there is not even a precise deadline here, decisions in force determine that the process should be developed “as early as possible”.

I expect that as soon as the president nominated the candidate proposed by the Vetevendosje Movement, the same will be obliged to propose before the Parliament the composition of the government cabinet” within 15 days, Cakoli has clarified.

The cabinet should secure the votes of 61 deputies within this deadline. But if that doesn't happen, the president is obliged to invite political parties to consult once again in 10 days, and decide, according to its discretion, for the new mandate, if she proves to have the numbers to form Government.

The upcoming mandate should also have 15 days to present the composition of the government cabinet.

If the government is not formed even after 40 days, the president must announce the decree on new elections, which must be held forty days after the verdict is announced.