Amid the ongoing failures to constitute Kosovo’s Assembly, the U.S. Embassy in Prishtina has reiterated its official stance, emphasizing that the responsibility for resolving the institutional impasse rests with the political leaders of the country.
A spokesperson for the embassy stated in response to Telegraf that, “As reiterated last week: It is the citizens of Kosovo who must decide who should represent them. Kosovo is a sovereign, democratic, and independent country. It is the responsibility of the political leadership to form an Assembly and a stable government in accordance with the Constitution.”
The United States, as one of the main supporters of Kosovo’s state-building process, has continuously called for democratic processes to be respected and for institutions to function according to the will of the people and the Constitution.
The constitutive session of the Assembly has failed twelve times, with Self-Determination Movement (LVV) unable to secure the required 61 votes for its candidate, Albulena Haxhiu, to become the speaker of the Assembly. Parties opposing Haxhiu’s nomination have called on LVV to propose a different candidate to unblock the process.
Once the Assembly speaker and deputy speakers are elected, the way will be cleared for the formation of Kosovo’s new government. If LVV, as the winner of the elections, does not form the government within 15 days, President Vjosa Osmani has the right to mandate another party to form the government.
Should this second mandate also fail, new elections will be called.
