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This week, Prime Minister Albin Kurti is expected to send invitations to opposition parties for meetings to reach an agreement on the election of the head of state, despite several unsuccessful rounds of meetings with the two main parties, PDK and LDK. As reported by Kosovo media, Kurti's invitation has remained frozen as PDK, LDK and AAK refuse such meetings in the current circumstances, while the Constitutional Court is reviewing the president's decree to dissolve the assembly.
A few days ago, the Democratic Party said that given that the Constitutional Court has imposed a Temporary Measure to suspend the presidential election process and any further action by the Assembly in this regard, it is necessary to await the Court's final decision by March 31.
PDK MP Artan Behrami called Kurti's invitation not serious. In an interview with Express newspaper, Behrami said that Kurti is trying to make up for lost time after failing to reach a political agreement before the end of the constitutional deadline for electing the president.
"The invitation is extremely unserious because Prime Minister Kurti has had months to call all political parties and find a consensus on the name of the president. Now he cannot make up for this time at the last seconds and must also respect the decision of the Constitutional Court. Only after a decision of the Constitutional Court can there be meetings, if it allows it. We believe that the country should go to elections, since the assembly has failed to elect the president. The LVV has a scandalous tradition of putting pressure on the Constitutional Court, demonizing all its judges and not accepting its decisions," said Behrami.
The LDK leader also said he was willing to meet Kurti, an hour after the Constitutional Court's verdict, but not before.
"Since the issue of the election of the president is already under consideration by the Constitutional Court, we must understand that our political time temporarily stops, while the time for constitutional hearings takes its place in its independence," he told the media.
Meanwhile, AAK's Besnik Tahiri accused Kurti of trying, with these meetings, to "overturn the narrative of the blockade he himself created and to put pressure on the Constitutional Court."
AAK MP Albana Bytyqi accused Kurti of causing the crisis and called his invitations to meetings games.
"I see it more as a game by Prime Minister Kurti, because he wants to distract a little from the conflict he has with President Osmani, because we know very well that the Constitutional Court, without issuing a decision by March 31, we have no right to take any further action. This is being seen as a game by Kurti to blame the opposition for not electing the president if we go to the elections. Prime Minister Kurti wants to take over the position of president as well," said Bytyqi.
Kurti himself has said that he expects the Constitutional Court to come up with a response as soon as possible and for the Assembly to become functional, so as not to have to go to new elections, which he called unnecessary. Meanwhile, the German embassy in Kosovo has also reacted to the situation, urging the authorities to fully respect the decision of the Constitutional Court as soon as it is made.
Kosovo is once again facing an institutional deadlock as the Assembly is suspended and the Constitutional Court’s decision is awaited. The crisis deepened on March 6, when President Vjosa Osmani decreed the dissolution of the Assembly, just a day after MPs failed to elect the country’s new president. The decree was challenged in the Constitutional Court by Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s Vetëvendosje Movement, arguing that it violates the Constitution.
The Constitutional Court imposed a temporary measure until March 31, blocking all parliamentary activity. This means that the Assembly cannot even convene to elect a new president, while the mandate of President Vjosa Osmani ends on April 5. The situation has also raised concerns among international partners, who emphasize that Kosovo's progress on the path towards Euro-Atlantic integration requires fully functional institutions and political stability.
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