Kosovo President's Issue/ LVV Calls for Cooperation, AAK Accuses It of Procrastinating the Process

2026-04-02 13:27:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Kosovo President's Issue/ LVV Calls for Cooperation, AAK Accuses It of

The ruling party, Vetevendosje Movement (LVV), has called for inter-party cooperation to elect a new president of Kosovo, but it has been accused by the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) of "deliberately" dragging out the process, despite a constitutional deadline for this.

Speaking at a parliamentary session on Thursday, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, also the leader of the LVV, called for cooperation, saying that the country does not have the luxury of delays and blockades.

"Now we need to work as hard as we can together, not have new blockages. Blockades, traps, traps, tactics are not a mindset of development, but of stagnation. Time to move forward and be at the top of the task," Kurti told lawmakers.

Last week, the Constitutional Court gave lawmakers 34 days to elect a head of state, otherwise the country will go to early elections, which must be held within 45 days.

The current president, Vjosa Osmani, ends her term on April 4th and, if a new president is not elected by then, the Speaker of the Parliament, Albulena Haxhiu, will assume the presidency.

Speaking before the session on Thursday, AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj accused Kurti's party of dragging out the process of electing a new president for its own interests.

"The LVV has a timely plan. For them, it is important that the Speaker of the Parliament is also the acting president, so they are not in a hurry. Then it remains to be seen how they will manage the situation, but we depend on their initiative," said Haradinaj.

Meanwhile, although the constitutional deadline is looming, parliamentary parties have not taken any steps so far towards reaching agreement on the new president.

Haradinaj said that his party, which has 6 seats in the Assembly, has not decided how to act, awaiting a move from Kurti.

"AAK has the votes, there are six, but it is not yet determined how it will be acted upon. We have no concrete development and it is clear that everything is related to time, so let Osmani go, with Haxhiu acting as acting president, and then let's see what they will do," Haradinaj added.

Kurti told lawmakers on Thursday that the country does not need new parliamentary elections "as an escape from the responsibility that belongs to us."

The election of a new president failed early last month precisely because of the lack of an agreement between the parties. Two candidates put forward by the ruling party, Glauk Konjufca and Fatmire Kollçaku-Mullhaxha, were not put to the vote at all due to the lack of a quorum during a session on March 5.

For the opposition parties, the two names presented by the ruling party were unacceptable and they insisted on a political agreement or the presentation of a name acceptable to all.

Osmani himself aimed for a second term, but she did not enjoy the support of the parties. The President of Kosovo is elected with two-thirds of the votes in the first two rounds or with 61 votes in the third round, but 80 deputies are needed in the hall for the session to be held. /REL