If Albanian opposition parties LDK, AAK, NISMA and Self-Determination form the government in Pristina, it is likely that the Serbian List wont’ be the part of it, however it doesn’t mean that Serbian community will remain without its representatives in the authorities.
Thus, no matter whether the Serbian List will be the part of the coalition deal with Albanian parties, one post of the Deputy Assembly Speakers must come from the ranks of Serb MPs, be it from the Serbian List or from the Progressive Democratic Party of Nenad Rasic.
Situation will be somehow different when it comes to government. A designate prime minister who would have majority in the parliament without Serbian MPs and to whom the Serbian List would not vote for, won’t be obliged to propose Serbs from that list for the posts guaranteed to them in the ministries. A designate prime minister’s choice could be even a member of Serb parties which are not in the parliament, including and non-party individuals. With this option Kosovo Serbs would be in the authorities and in the opposition!
Political analyst Dusan Janjic says that in theory, designate prime minister could offer to representatives of the Serbian List posts in the government, even though if they don’t vote for him, hence the question remains why would he do it?
“It is questionable to which extent would designate prime minister benefit from having representatives of the Serbian community in the government who don’t enjoy the trust of Serbs in the parliament,” says the MP from the Serbian List in the Kosovo parliament Jasmina Zivkovic.
However, all cards are still open, and it doesn’t necessarily mean that coalition agreement made between the LDK-AAK-NISMA with Self-Determination for the sake of election of the Assembly speaker would also apply when it comes to creation of the government.
