3 hours agoAll that happened last night at the president's session.
Periskopi(2 months ago)
(2 months ago)The extraordinary session of the Kosovo Assembly, held Monday evening, was marked by the lack of opposition, political tensions and dilemmas about constitutional procedures for electing the president. MPs from the parliamentary majority prosecuted the vote for the two candidates proposed by the Vetevendosje Movement, where Feride Rushiti received 63 votes in the first round, while [...]
MPs from the parliamentary majority prosecuted the vote for the two candidates proposed by the Vetevendosje Movement, where Feride Rushiti received 63 votes in the first round, while Hatage Hoxha did not secure a vote, with an invalid ballot.
The session was held without the participation of opposition parties, which boycotted the process by calling it illegal. Parliament Speaker Albulen Haxhiu repeatedly called on opposition MPs to join the session, stressing that some of them were within the Framework facility. She announced that the session will continue on Tuesday morning, which is also the deadline for the president's election.
This session was preceded by another meeting at five o'clock, called for discussions about the president's election process, where Glauk Konjufca and Fatmire Mulhrama-Kollcaku withdrew from the race. This meeting was also boycotted by the opposition.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti accused the opposition of deliberately blocking the process and of disrespecting the citizens' verdict, stressing that efforts have been made to compromise, including offers for positions and proposals for consensual candidates. He dismissed claims that power aims to hold three main state positions, insisting that co-operation with the opposition has been constantly sought.
On the other hand, the opposition reacted sharply, viewing the session as holding the necessary quorum as serious constitutional violations. Its representatives named the situation as “coup strikes” and “Relic <xx3>, insisting that without the presence of two-thirds of MPs no valid round of voting can be held. They also criticized the mode of calling the session, calling it unserious and irresponsible.
Similar criticism came from the Kosovo Democratic Institute, which warned that any attempt to bypass the quorum violates constitutional order and creates dangerous precedents for the functioning of parliamentary democracy.
Meanwhile, the Democratic League of Kosovo announced that it possesses the signatures needed to propose its candidate, seeking a genuine political agreement and warning further actions if procedures continue in that form.
