Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated that his party is eager to move forward with the formation of new institutions “immediately,” despite not having the required 61 votes on Tuesday to pass the report of the provisional commission for the verification of mandates during the constitutive session of the Assembly.
He blamed opposition parties for blocking the session.
“As the undisputed winners of the February 9, 2025 elections, we are highly interested in moving forward toward forming the institutions of the ninth legislature—and doing so as soon as possible, immediately,” Kurti said.
He emphasized that, as the acting government, they are being “highly attentive” and “responsible” to ensure that there is no “institutional vacuum”—“not for a day, not for an hour, not even for a single minute,” as he put it.
“Despite yesterday’s irresponsible opposition calls for a state suspension, the state continues to function,” said Kurti.
Tuesday’s constitutive session of the Assembly ended without progressing past the vote on the report of the temporary parliamentary commission for verifying quorum and mandates. 52 MPs voted in favor of the report, 46 against, and 11 abstained. It remains unclear why Kurti failed to secure the 61 necessary votes.
The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) all voted against the report, arguing that supporting it would have violated the law. They claimed that Kurti and other government officials elected as MPs should have resigned from their current posts beforehand, in accordance with the new Law on Government.
Vetëvendosje (LVV) argued that a letter of resignation from Kurti had been submitted to the provisional commission, but the opposition parties did not recognize this as a valid and official act of resignation—a view shared by many legal experts.
