Prime Minister Albin Kurti has arrived at the Assembly, where shortly a meeting is expected to begin with the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Lumir Abdixhiku.
This will be the first meeting regarding the issue of the President after the ruling of the Constitutional Court, which set a 34-day deadline for the election of the new head of state.
The Constitutional Court decided on March 25 that the President must be elected within 34 days, declaring legally ineffective a decree by President Vjosa Osmani to dissolve the Assembly.
A few days ago, Kurti had announced that he would invite the leaders of opposition parties for meetings. However, prior to that, he said he needed “internal consultations,” which he claimed he had not yet had time to conduct.
He stated that “it is not good to have only 80 or 81 deputies, but around 85” for the election of the new President.
Assembly Speaker Albulena Haxhiu became acting President on Saturday – a role she can perform for a maximum of six months – while Vjosa Osmani completed her five-year presidential term.
The possibility of Osmani being re-elected as President seems to have been definitively ruled out on March 5, when Kurti’s party, Vetëvendosje (LVV), announced that they had proposed Glauk Konjufca, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, as the candidate for head of state.Prime Minister Albin Kurti has arrived at the Assembly, where shortly a meeting is expected to begin with the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Lumir Abdixhiku.
This will be the first meeting regarding the issue of the President after the ruling of the Constitutional Court, which set a 34-day deadline for the election of the new head of state.
The Constitutional Court decided on March 25 that the President must be elected within 34 days, declaring legally ineffective a decree by President Vjosa Osmani to dissolve the Assembly.
A few days ago, Kurti had announced that he would invite the leaders of opposition parties for meetings. However, prior to that, he said he needed “internal consultations,” which he claimed he had not yet had time to conduct.
He stated that “it is not good to have only 80 or 81 deputies, but around 85” for the election of the new President.
Assembly Speaker Albulena Haxhiu became acting President on Saturday – a role she can perform for a maximum of six months – while Vjosa Osmani completed her five-year presidential term.
The possibility of Osmani being re-elected as President seems to have been definitively ruled out on March 5, when Kurti’s party, Vetëvendosje (LVV), announced that they had proposed Glauk Konjufca, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, as the candidate for head of state.
