Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Glauk Konjufca, spoke about cooperation with other political forces regarding the election of the country’s next President.
Asked about Vjosa Osmani, Konjufca stated that the majority has concluded it is “not possible” to secure the opposition’s guaranteed votes by proposing a single, unilateral candidate.
“This time – I am not speaking about party names here, but about the concepts of the majority in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo – the majority, which holds 66 seats, is convinced that it is not possible to gain the opposition’s guaranteed votes to reach 80 votes with a unilateral candidate. This is the majority’s assessment. I am not saying it is absolute because nothing in politics is absolute; there are approximations. So roughly, this is the majority’s conclusion. Perhaps we are wrong, perhaps we are right, but this is the conclusion. Therefore, the conclusion is that through a single candidate, we should not corner the opposition and say ‘this is the one and you must vote for them,’” Konjufca explained.
Speaking at a press conference after meeting Albanian Foreign Minister Elisa Spiropali, Konjufca described as “good news for the country” and “a sign of political maturity” the fact that political party leaders are engaging in dialogue regarding the presidency.
He added that sincere efforts had been made in this direction and clarified that his own name is not being considered as a presidential candidate.
“Am I an option? No, I don’t think it has been raised in this context. If the majority had approached it to propose a candidate from Lëvizja Vetëvendosje, that would be exactly what I mentioned at the beginning – we want to avoid putting the opposition in a position where they have to approve a pre-decided act. That is not the majority’s goal this time. That is why we are acting differently. These are the coordinates we are following,” Konjufca said.
