Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, will not face a serious problem in his election as the new Speaker of Kosovo Assembly.
Although the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) insists that a parliamentary group cannot be formed without the new Assembly being established, this will not prove to be a problem for Mustafa’s election.
Sources told Gazeta Blic that the creation of a parliamentary group can be done before the constitution of the new Assembly because this was also what happened back in 2011 when the 6+ parliamentary group was formed, several days before the first meeting of the Assembly.
At the time, minority community parties signed an agreement and presented the request for the creation of a parliamentary group called 6+ and their request was approved by then Assembly Speaker, Jakup Krasniqi.
According to the source, LDK, AAK and NISMA will refer to the 2011 precedent and few days before the Assembly is set to meet, they will form their joint parliamentary group.
“LDK, AAK and NISMA will follow the same procedure like the 6+ parliamentary group. They will submit a request to the outgoing Speaker, Jakup Krasniqi, and he, in turn, is expected to act the same as he did in the case of the 6+ parliamentary group”, the source said.
It added that this scenario is not going to be a problem for international representatives in Kosovo either. “They have agreed to go with this scenario”, said the source.
