Kosovo without a new Parliament even after 32 attempts

2025-06-15 12:12:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

MPs continue to fail to constitute the new composition of the Kosovo Assembly four months after the February 9 parliamentary elections, leaving the country without new institutions.

They met on Sunday, for the 32nd time in a row every other day since April 15, and left abruptly without finding a solution to break the political deadlock. They will meet again in 48 hours, on Tuesday, June 17.

There was little interest in even participating in Sunday's session, as only 75 deputies were present out of the 120 members of the Kosovo Assembly.

The next failure occurred a few days after the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Lumir Abdixhiku, unveiled a 15-point agenda for a unity government, inviting all parliamentary parties to form it as a way out of the political crisis.

The LDK proposal was immediately opposed by the Vetëvendosje Movement, while the Democratic Party of Kosovo prefers an executive from among the parties that were in opposition last term. The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo also prefers such a coalition.

Vetëvendosje MP Artan Abrashi again opposed the LDK proposal after the session on Friday, calling it "absurdity of its kind."

"We have discussed that plan and have come to the conclusion that that proposal has insurmountable logical difficulties to understand. How can Abdixhiku expect that we, as VV, can agree on 15 such big points, when we are not agreeing on a smaller thing, which is the voting of a commission for secret ballot," Abrashi said after the session.

The issue has stalled over the appointment of the Speaker and Deputy Speakers of the Assembly.

This is the 24th time that the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Serbian List have not proposed a single member to form a commission for a secret ballot for Vetëvendosje's candidate, Albulena Haxhiu, for Speaker of the Assembly, as Haxhiu has failed to obtain the necessary 61 votes in an open vote.

Vetëvendosje, as the winner of the elections, is responsible for proposing a candidate for Speaker of the Assembly, and it constantly insists that Haxhiu is the right figure, although for other parties she is unacceptable and is considered a divisive figure.

The issue of changing the voting method – from open to secret – has been sent for interpretation to the Constitutional Court by parties that were in opposition in the previous legislature.