Kosovo’s institutions are hesitating to follow up on the government’s recommendation last year to establish the Kosovo Armed Forces (KAF). Meanwhile, security experts and civil society representatives argue that the failure to establish the Armed Forces came as a result of the decision of then-opposition parties not to vote in favour of extended parliamentary seats for minority communities. The latter consequently refused to vote in favour of the Armed Forces. Skender Perteshi, from the Pristina-based Kosovo Centre for Security Studies, told the news site that statements made last year for the establishment of the KAF were a political game that in his opinion have damaged the whole process. Perteshi argues that then-Prime Minister Hashim Thaci talked about the KAF because the country was going to parliamentary elections. “For the time being, with the exception of the Serb community, all other communities in Kosovo support the establishment of the Armed Forces. The Serbian List has said it will not vote in favour of this without getting the green light from Belgrade, or it will vote in favour of the establishment of KAF only through an agreement in Brussels,” Perteshi said. Albulena Haxhiu, a Vetevendosje MP and chair of the parliamentary committee for legislation, mandates and immunity, told the news site that this committee has received the amendments on KAF but that they will discuss them only after receiving additional relevant documents on the scheme and organogram of the Armed Forces. “As chair of the committee, I am waiting for [Kosovo Security Force] Minister Demolli to send us additional documents and then we will discuss them in the committee,” Haxhiu said. Political analysts in Pristina expect that the Serbian List will condition the establishment of the Armed Forces with the formation of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities.