Caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti has described the current blockade in the Assembly of Kosovo as both a waste of time and a damage to the country, stressing that institutions must get back to work without delay.
“I consider it a waste of time and a damage that the Assembly of Kosovo is not functioning. The Assembly has elected its Speaker, Dimal Basha, and four deputy speakers – Albulena Haxhiu, Vlora Çitaku, Kujtim Shala, and Emilja Rexhepi. Nobody is occupying the empty chair for the deputy speaker from the Serb community. The Assembly should have already continued its work, because the state of Kosovo has no time to lose,” Kurti said.
Kurti emphasized that the vote for Emilja Rexhepi cannot be annulled, insisting that the only unresolved issue remains the deputy speaker from the Serb community.
“Emilja Rexhepi is deputy speaker of the Assembly. Her election cannot be annulled. We are left only with the deputy speaker from the Serb community. But do not forget, Serbs are not only those from Srpska Lista – Serb is also Nenad Rashiq,” he declared.
Kurti criticized the opposition for not supporting Rashiq:
“On one side, the Srpska Lista candidate got only 10 votes, while Nenad Rashiq received 56. If just five out of the 52 opposition MPs had given him their votes, today we wouldn’t be asking and answering these questions.”
