PRISHTINA, October 8, 2025 — The Constitutional Court of Kosovo has clarified that no parliamentary group representing minority communities can block the constitution of the Kosovo Assembly, even if they refuse to propose a candidate for deputy speaker.
In paragraph 148 of the ruling, the Court stated that the Assembly may continue functioning without a deputy speaker from any community, provided the Assembly’s leadership maintains a quorum.
While noting that the Assembly was previously not constituted due to the lack of a Serbian deputy speaker, the Court emphasized that failure to exercise the constitutional right to propose members of the Assembly leadership cannot prevent the Assembly from functioning.
The Court specified that in this particular case, the delay in constitution was due to the failure of the majority of elected MPs, including those from the Democratic League of Kosovo and the Serbian List, to vote for the proposed deputies. Some MPs from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo also abstained in certain votes.
The ruling instructs all deputies to participate in the vote, either in favor, against, or abstaining, and limits votes for the same deputy candidate to a maximum of three attempts.
Previously, Assembly Speaker Dimal Basha had declared the Assembly constituted despite the lack of a Serbian deputy speaker, after the Serbian List failed to secure votes for their candidate Slavko Simić in three rounds. Even the non-List Serbian deputy Nenad Rašić did not obtain sufficient votes.
The Court also concluded that there was no violation in separating the voting process for deputy speakers of other non-majority communities.
