LVV invites PDK and LDK: Present three non-partisan names for the next president of Kosovo

2026-04-25 09:49:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

LVV invites PDK and LDK: Present three non-partisan names for the next president

Prime Minister Albin Kurti's ruling party, the Vetevendosje Movement (LVV), announced early Saturday that it has asked the two largest opposition parties in the country, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), to jointly present three non-partisan candidates for the next president of Kosovo, in order to avoid early elections.

The ruling party's call on Saturday - which it says is valid until Sunday evening - comes as a constitutional deadline for electing a president expires on Tuesday.

LVV stated on Facebook that it would withdraw its candidates - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Glauk Konjufca and MP Fatmire Mulhaxha-Kollçaku - from the presidential race if the two opposition parties bring forward the three requested names.

She wrote that this decision was made during a meeting of the party's Presidency on Friday night.

"We invite PDK and LDK to jointly propose three names from which the new President of the 10th legislature could be elected," she wrote.

She said that all three candidates must be "unifying figures, with high civic and national integrity, with proven contribution to professional and social life, and outside the current political scene."

"A solution must be found, because it is possible. We must try and engage together, because it is our duty that stems from the responsibility that the citizens of the Republic of Kosovo have entrusted to us," wrote the LVV.

This comes after the failure of talks between Kurti and opposition leaders, Bedri Hamza of PDK and Lumir Abdixhiku of LDK, who had not accepted the prime minister's proposals.

Kurti had offered the LDK the post of deputy prime minister and four ministries, and in a second offer the post of speaker of parliament. He had also offered the post of speaker of parliament to the PDK.

The Prime Minister has reiterated that his rejected offer was "generous" and has warned of snap elections if there is no agreement on a president.

The President of Kosovo is elected with two-thirds of the votes in the first two rounds of voting, or with 61 votes in the third round, but 80 deputies are needed in the chamber for the session to be held.

Therefore, an agreement between parliamentary parties is needed on this issue, given that no party - not even Kurti's ruling party with 57 MPs - has such a large number of MPs in the 120-seat Parliament.

A constitutional deadline for electing a president expires on April 28, and if a president is not elected by then, Kosovo will hold new elections within 45 days.

Meanwhile, after Vjosa Osmani's term ended earlier this month and the country failed to appoint her replacement, the Speaker of the Parliament, Albulena Haxhiu, was appointed acting president on April 4.

Previous attempts to elect a new president for the country failed as neither side seemed willing to make concessions.

In a session on March 5, the ruling party had presented Konjufca and Kollçak for a vote, but the session was not held due to a lack of quorum, after the opposition left the hall.

On March 6, former President Vjosa Osmani issued a decree dissolving the Assembly and paving the way for new elections. Osmani herself was aiming for a second term, but failed to secure the necessary support in this regard.

The decree was overturned by the Constitutional Court following an appeal by the Government.

The highest court in Kosovo said that the decree had no legal effect and set April 28 as the deadline for the presidential election./ Rel