Despite the Constitutional Court’s announcement of its latest judgment on August 8, the full decision has yet to be published in the Official Gazette, delaying the convening of the session for the constitution of the Kosovo Assembly.
The Constitutional Court has stated that the complete decision regarding the constitution of the Assembly will be published on its official website after the completion of all legal and administrative procedures.
“The Court’s judgment in cases KO193/25 and KO196/25 will be published once all procedures provided by the Law on the Constitutional Court and the Court’s Rules of Procedure concerning the publication of decisions have been completed. After the text is finalized, the judgment will be sent to all parties involved in the case, published on the Court’s website, and forwarded for publication in the Official Gazette,” the Court told Telegrafi.
Meanwhile, the constitutive session cannot be held until the Constitutional Court publishes the full judgment.
In its August 8 ruling, the Constitutional Court ordered the Members of the Assembly of Kosovo to constitute the new parliamentary composition—emerging from the February 9 elections—but this time with clearer instructions.
It also stated that Members of the Assembly must elect the new Speaker of the legislative body through an open vote and within 30 days.
The Court found that the elected deputies of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo failed to implement the Constitutional Court’s judgment of June 26, 2025, in case KO124/25, and consequently declared all sessions held from June 27 to July 26, 2025, invalid.
Furthermore, it determined that the presiding officer of the constitutive session did not act in accordance with the Constitutional Court’s June 26, 2025, judgment in case KO124/25, and therefore his actions were inconsistent with paragraph 1 of Article 116 [Legal Effect of Decisions] of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo.
“ORDERS, with six (6) votes in favor and one (1) against, the Presiding Officer of the Constitutive Session of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo to proceed with item 3 of the agenda of the Constitutive Session, approved on April 8, 2025, and, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 67 [Election of the President and Deputy Presidents] of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, to invite the representative of the largest parliamentary group to propose the candidate for President of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, who shall be elected through an open vote, with the same candidate being subject to a maximum of three (3) voting rounds,” the decision reads.
The Constitutional Court of Kosovo reaffirmed that the Presiding Officer of the Constitutive Session “did not act in compliance with the Constitutional Court’s judgment in case KO124/25 of June 26, 2025, and therefore his actions were inconsistent with paragraph 1 of Article 116 [Legal Effect of Decisions] of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo.”
