Konjufca: We intend to form the government with non-Serb parties

2025-03-10 11:45:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

The Vice President of the Vetëvendosje Movement, Glauk Konjufca, said that his party aims to form the new Government with the support of non-Serb parties.

"As you have seen, the Kurti 2 Government was formed in cooperation with non-Serb minorities. This is our goal, because it has had a positive impact in Kosovo, preventing the Serbian List, which operates under the influence of Belgrade, from having decisive power, as it had in previous governments," Konjufca told the Italy-based institute and online media outlet Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa.

The Vetëvendosje Movement is the winning party in the regular parliamentary elections on February 9, and according to preliminary results, it has won 42.27 of the votes or 48 seats in the 120-seat Parliament.

Non-Serb minorities have ten reserved seats in the Assembly. If the LVV and non-Serb parties join forces, they would have 58 seats – again short of the 61 votes required to form a government.

The Minister of Returns and Communities, Nenad Raši?, also won one seat out of the ten reserved for the Serb community, while the Serbian List, the largest Serb party in Kosovo, which enjoys the support of Belgrade, won nine others.

But, even with Rashiq's mandate, LVV would need two more MPs to support a new executive of Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party.

The Speaker of the Assembly, Glauk Konjufca, said that it is unlikely that LVV will cooperate with the parties that are currently in opposition.

"If necessary, we will meet as leaders and decide on the next steps, but as far as the opposition parties are concerned, they have taken an obstructive stance. The attacks on LVV have been aggressive and I think these elections were quite unfair, with unfair accusations and low blows," Konjufca added.

The opposition parties Democratic Party of Kosovo, Democratic League of Kosovo and Alliance for the Future of Kosovo have expressed their opposition to cooperation with Kurti's LVV. However, the leader of Nisma – a party that competed in coalition with AAK and several other parties – Fatmir Limaj, has stated that there are no "red lines" regarding possible coalitions, either with LVV or with the current opposition parties.

The Central Election Commission has completed the counting of all votes for the February 9 elections. Now, the process has passed to the Electoral Panel for Complaints and Submissions, which is handling complaints from parties and candidates for deputies. After the handling of complaints is completed, the CEC would be able to certify the election results.

After certification, according to the laws, new Kosovo institutions can be formed./ REL