The presidency of the Kosovo Assembly decided to set 22 August as the date when the MPs are to vote on the dissolving of the Assembly.
Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli said the meeting of the Assembly presidency resulted in consensual agreement to set the date for the dissolving of the Assembly which he said directly paves way for the President of Kosovo to announce new elections. “In times of dilemma, the only solution is elections,” Veseli said. “This country needs determination to move forward,” he added. “Now we know the date when the Assembly and roughly the date for new elections.”
Head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) parliamentary group Avdullah Hoti said that there was general agreement to set 22 August as the date when the MPs would vote for the Assembly’s dissolution. He also said that parliamentary groups agreed that before actually dissolving the Assembly, they would vote for EU IPA funds.
Ahmet Isufi from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) said the Assembly of Kosovo decided to set 22 August to dissolve the Assembly and head to early elections while Memli Krasniqi from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) said there was full agreement between political parties. “We expect all MPs to take part in the session,” said Krasniqi hailing the initiative of Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli to hold the meeting of the Assembly presidency in an effort to agree on the date for dissolving the Assembly.
Sherif Bilalli from the Social Democratic Initiative (NISMA) agreement on the need to dissolve the Assembly and head to new elections. He said the likeliest time for early elections is late September or early October. Sherifi noted that the reason why 22 August was decided as the time to call the Assembly session is also because of the EU. He said the EU needed more time in order to be able to successfully deploy a mission to Kosovo to monitor elections.
