Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti has stated that the Vetëvendosje Movement has no guarantee of securing 61 votes for the election of the Speaker of the Kosovo Assembly through a secret ballot.
However, he emphasized that since an open ballot yielded no results, a secret ballot should also be attempted as a way to overcome the institutional deadlock.
“A Mistake Not to Try” Secret Ballot
Speaking on the “Këndi i Debatit” show on Tëvë1, Kurti said that not attempting a secret ballot would be a mistake and a detriment, based on the Constitutional Court’s judgment from 2014.
“First of all, there is no guarantee; we don’t know for sure if we have 61 votes, but we must hold the open vote and it’s not good to prejudge. We sought a solution with an open vote, but it wasn’t achieved. Let’s seek a solution with a secret vote,” Kurti explained.
“I believe it would be a mistake and a detriment if we don’t try it, because the Constitutional Court in its 2014 judgment stated that everyone must be in the hall, vote for, against, or abstain, and that voting can be open, secret, or in other ways. So, we tried open voting, it wasn’t successful, let’s try secret voting as well,” Kurti concluded.
