Following the meeting with political leaders, the Chairman of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Lumir Abdixhiku, characterized it as a “public farce” rather than a substantial effort to resolve the institutional crisis.
“This entire meeting was a public farce. Unfortunately, our fears were confirmed. Kurti’s positions remained unchanged, and he neither respected nor properly interpreted the Constitutional Court’s decision,” Abdixhiku stated.
He emphasized that the responsibility for forming a majority lies with the winning party. According to Abdixhiku, Kurti “admitted he lacks a majority” but nonetheless demanded the same conditions as before, refusing secret voting as a real possibility.
“This entire meeting was more of a public farce than a substantial one. Unfortunately, our fears were confirmed in this meeting, as Kurti’s positions were the same and did not respect or interpret the Constitutional Court’s decision similarly, both on the issue of secret voting and the issue of responsibility. The responsibility for forming a majority lies with the winning party. Kurti admitted he does not have a majority but demanded preconditions based on his previous positions, either to vote for or reject secret voting,” Abdixhiku said.
“We would wholeheartedly vote with 20 votes against the candidate they propose. We cannot participate in violations against the Constitutional Court’s judgment. We are calling for the right to vote, while we are being asked to vote for something unconstitutional. He has the votes for other names,” he added, referring to the possibility of other candidates for Speaker.
