Why were 34 extra days given to elect the president? Explains the Constitution

The trial has said the Assembly is given an additional 34 days for the president's election.

The Constitution has also provided significant clarifications regarding deadlines for electing the president, interpreting relevant provisions of the Constitution in the context of recent developments.

Referring to Article 82 of the Constitution, which envisions the distribution of the Assembly if within 60 days the president is not elected, the Court has stressed that this rule cannot be applied automatically in any case.

According to Action, under the concrete circumstances of the Parliament's binding on February 11th, 2026, MPs have not had the full constitutional deadline available to complete the president's election procedure.

However, referring to Article 3 of Article 82 of the Constitution, through which the Assembly is determined to be distributed in the case of sixty (60) days within the day of the start of the selection procedure, the Court is not elected president of the Republic of Kosovo, with the specific context of the transition circumstances on February 11, 2026, estimated that the Assembly did not have sixty (60) days available, within which period the procedure for the election of President<1> is said in other account.

The court has reiterated that its interpretation of constitutional deadlines remains valid for all future cases of electing the president.

“As a result, the Constitutional Court re-inference that its interpretation of constitutional deadlines defined under paragraph 3 of Article 82 of the Constitution regarding Article 2 of Article 86 of the Constitution, as specified in paragraphs 153-162 of this Act, remains applicable in all cases of the president's election in the future, the procedure for the election of the new president, which cannot last more than sixty (60) days before beginning to end before the end of the current president's 30-30th term, notes further 19x>