President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, has officially withdrawn her July 22 request submitted to the Constitutional Court regarding the constitutive session of the Assembly. The decision comes after Serbian judge Radomir Laban was appointed as the reporting judge for the case.
According to President Osmani, Laban has been identified in security reports from 2018, 2021, and 2024 as an individual who poses a threat to national security and has been involved in activities that undermine the constitutional order of Kosovo.
“The withdrawal of this request is necessary. It is absurd to expect our constitutional order to be protected by someone who, according to security institutions, endangers it,” declared President Osmani.
She clarified that Judge Laban was appointed in 2018 by institutional procedures, not by the Presidency, and emphasized that removal of a Constitutional Court judge requires a two-thirds majority vote from court members, making presidential intervention impossible without an official proposal from the court itself.
“This action is my immediate response to the confirmed information that Judge Radomir Laban has been designated as the reporting judge in this case. According to verified data from 2018, 2021, and 2024, shared also with the Constitutional Court, he is engaged in activities considered dangerous to the national security of the Republic of Kosovo and is actively involved in undermining its constitutional order,” Osmani stated.
This decision further intensifies the ongoing political and institutional tensions in Kosovo, especially amid the prolonged efforts to form new governmental structures following recent elections.
