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Post-election coalitions to avoid new elections (Radio Free Europe)

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Political analysts in Pristina argue that following the results of the 11 June parliamentary elections, political parties are going to have to form new post-election coalitions in order to prevent a political stalemate in Kosovo. Ramush Tahiri, political analyst, told Radio Free Europe that one cannot expect the new government to be formed soon because none of the coalitions or political parties have won enough votes to form the government. “There can be no government without the Vetevendosje Movement because it has emerged as a clean party from these elections. The other two groups are unstable pre-election coalitions. Both coalitions will face crisis on Wednesday or Thursday when the results for every candidate will be announced … Kosovo cannot renegotiate or reformulate the obligations it has taken over, regardless of who forms the new government. There can be a broad-based government, a technical government or a government formed by an ideological coalition, but no one can question the international agreements or obligations,” Tahiri said. The formation of the new government requires at least 61 votes in Parliament. Imer Mushkolaj, political analyst, argues that post-election coalitions are inevitable in order to avoid new elections. He also thinks that if the winning coalition consisting of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Nisma [the PAN coalition], fails to secure enough votes to create the new government, then this possibility should be given to the second biggest party. “If the PAN coalition, which won the elections, fails to form the government, then based on the Constitutional Court’s ruling from 2014, it is up the discretion of the President to decide whether this possibility is given to the second biggest parliamentary group,” Mushkolaj said. He also adds that a coalition with a simple majority would not suffice because Kosovo is faced with many important issues that requires 2/3 of MP votes, or at least 80 votes in Parliament.

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