Ballot count and recount brings changes to pre-election coalitions
(All monitored broadcasters, RTK1 & KTV)
This Thursday, the Central Election Commission (CEC) will publish final results of June 11 election process. The Count and Result Centre has already completed counting of all 25,000 conditional ballots.
Valmir Elezi, CEC spokesperson, said that election results would be published as soon as all procedures are completed. Elezi explained that before proceeding with election result certification, CEC will have to wait for possible complaints and respective decisions.
On the other hand, KTV quoted Valmir Ismajli of Democracy Plus as saying that the issue here is that there is no legal deadline for CEC to announce final results.
Counting and recounting of ballot boxes has brought some changes to pre-election coalitions.
Thus, out of 39 seats bot by the PDK-AAK-Nisma coalition, PDK will have 23, AAK 10, while Nisma will have only six, not eight seats as its officials had announced.
VV got one more seat, which means that they will have 32 seats in the Assembly.
Out of 29 seats got by the LDK-AKR coalition, 23 seats belong to LDK, four to AKR, and two to the founders of Alternativa.
State Prosecutor’s Office presents report on June 11 election process
(RTK1)
Even though June 11 election process has not been completed, the State Prosecutor’s Office has already presented its first results. So far, the Prosecutor’s Office has filed four indictments and eight criminal reports.
In an interview with RTK, Laura Pula, state prosecutor and national election coordinator, stated that the proceedings in all four cases of indictments were completed, and the accused were convicted pursuant to the Criminal Code of Kosovo.
Pula added that compared with 2014 Assembly election process, this time there has been a smaller number of cases and accused persons.
Despite the large number of calls received by civil society via a free telephone line which was made available on Election Day, Pula says that until now, no report with criminal offence elements has been submitted to the Prosecutor’s Office.
Pula expects that Kosovo will soon organise free and democratic elections even without involvement of the Police and Prosecution, believing that Kosovo citizens are more and more becoming aware of the fact that their vote has weight, and that they need to vote freely.
Political parties to discuss possible coalitions after results are published
(RTK1)
Publication of June 11 election results will clear the way to political entities for initiating meetings and discussions on a possible governmental coalition.
Ramush Haradinaj, the candidate of the PDK-LDK-Nisma (PAN) coalition for Prime Minister, believes that formation of new Kosovo institutions is a fait accompli. ON Wednesday, Haradinaj met the |Italian Ambassador to Kosovo, Piero Cristoforo Sardi. In a Facebook post, Haradinaj stated that with the Italian diplomat they discussed the election process and formation of new Kosovo institutions after the election process is officially completed.
On the other hand, the LDK-AKR-Alternativa (LAA) coalition’s candidate for Prime Minister Abdullah Hoti is waiting for PAN to fail in forming institutions, and then, according to him, LAA will succeed. Hoti also announced this on Facebook, during a meeting he had with the Austrian Ambassador to Kosovo. In Hoti’s view, Kosovo needs a pro-European government which ensures governance with clean hands and rule of law, which, according to him, is what LDK offers.
PAN officials are convinced that they have got sufficient votes to constitute new institutions, but they say they are working further to increase the number, in order for the government to be more stable.
VV officials are insisting to enter coalition with LDK, while LDK officials have stated that they have not yet decided whether they will enter any coalition or remain in opposition.
