Today, the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo will hold its constitutive session, more than two months after the parliamentary elections were held.
The session is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM, marking the first step toward establishing the new legislature following the February 9 elections.
The Assembly of Kosovo has already made the agenda of the session public.
Items on the agenda include:
- Formation of the Temporary Commission for the verification of quorum and MPs’ mandates,
- Swearing-in of MPs,
- Election of the Speaker of the Assembly,
- Election of the Deputy Speakers of the Assembly.
As the winning party of the elections, Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (LVV) has the right to propose the Speaker, who must be elected with a minimum of 61 votes.
The same 61-vote threshold is required to elect the new government, should it come to a vote.
Meanwhile, the leader of the Social Democratic Initiative, Fatmir Limaj, has declared that his party is ready to contribute to the process of forming the institutions, although there is currently no agreement with any other party.
“We will contribute as much as we are constitutionally entitled to. We expect the government to be formed within constitutional deadlines. That is the extent of our role,” Limaj said.
The votes of the three MPs from the Social Democratic Initiative may prove decisive for securing a quorum and electing the Speaker, especially as the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) has announced it will not participate in the vote.
Days earlier, the leader of LVV, Albin Kurti, expressed his ambition that the Assembly be constituted and the Government formed within a single day.
However, the Acting Minister for Communities and Returns, Nenad Rašić, expressed skepticism, telling reporters he is not optimistic that a vote on the new government will take place on Tuesday.
On the other hand, electoral process expert and parliamentary affairs analyst Eugen Cakolli has outlined three possible procedural and political scenarios that could unfold during the constitutive session of Kosovo’s Assembly, or in subsequent sessions.
