The Vetëvendosje Movement has reacted to the decision of the Constitutional Court to suspend the work of the Assembly for 25 days, as part of reviewing the appeal filed by the Serb List.
In its statement, VV stressed that this decision directly contradicts the proper functioning of one of the state’s key institutions — the Assembly of Kosovo.
“The Constitutional Court, from the very beginning, has taken sides by issuing today’s decision. Suspending the work of 120 deputies is in complete contradiction with the functioning of the Assembly. This dictate of the Constitutional Court — just because the Serb List did not secure enough votes to have a Deputy Speaker — now leads to 112 days of waiting for the Court’s decisions,” the statement reads.
VV further noted that in the Court’s 15-page ruling, the Serb List’s claim was taken as a basis, namely that it has exclusivity in proposing and electing a Deputy Speaker of the Assembly — something that, according to VV, is neither defined in the Constitution nor in the spirit of Kosovo’s state organization.
“This party, and no other party that holds reserved seats in the Assembly, should — nor has the right — to veto the constitution of the Assembly of Kosovo,” VV emphasized.
