Kosovo Assembly’s Deputy Speaker, Xhavit Haliti, said today after the meeting of the Chairmanship that under normal conditions, and after such statement, Jablanovic would not have been showing up at work. He said that “Jablanovic made a serious mistake. He did not insult only the mothers from Gjakova, but all citizens.

I understand concerns of the citizens; however, Kosovo is in an irreversible process, while it is well-known what Jablanovic’s interests are.”

In his regular column, Enver Robelli anticipates a difficult year ahead which, he says, will be marked with standstill, impoverishment and desperation of the people of Kosovo. The only cure for this will be emergence of new political alternatives and a comprehensive mobilization of the population against the alliance of crime and evil which Robelli claims is composed of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and its “sub-branch”, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).

Columnist Donik Sallova writes that agreement between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has been generally interpreted as marking the end of the six-month political stalemate and was justified with the need to save Kosovo from its complete collapse. At the same time, while some viewed the PDK-LDK coalition as an “act of betrayal”, Sallova warns that the biggest danger from the new government comes from the infiltration of the Serbian List into Kosovo institutions.

The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) will lead four parliamentary committees, Kosova Press reports. PDK will lead the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Health, Social Welfare Committee and the Committee on Administration.

Publicist Beqe Cufaj writes in an opinion piece that while some may find the coalition between the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) unnatural, the fact of the matter is that PDK and LDK are the two largest parties and in the present circumstances, it was the only possibility to put Kosovo back on track.

Isa Mustafa, the Prime Minister of Kosovo tried through a post on his Facebook profile to clarify to the public opinion and voters of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK,) the reason for the coalition with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK.) Mustafa stressed that he was obliged to reach the coalition, being that none of the parties had the majority of votes that would allow them to create the government on their own.

Columnist Enver Robelli writes that yesterday’s Kosovo Assembly session which resulted in election of the government led by Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader, Isa Mustafa, was also a funeral ceremony for the party and only two of its MPs, Vjosa Osmani and Doruntine Maloku, tried to save it by voting against the new  government. The rest of LDK MPs voted in favour of a government that unites evil and crime, writes Robelli.

Editor-in-chief of the Gazeta Blic news website, Adrian Collaku, writes that the end of the six-month institutional crisis in Kosovo produced winners and losers. The main losers, according to Collaku, are citizens of Kosovo not only because during the last six months, their living conditions deteriorated even further, but also because the governance remained unchanged. Although the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) will not formally lead the new government, it will have a say on all issues.

The Assembly of Kosovo elected Kadri Veseli as the Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo, with 71 votes for, 42 against, and one abstention. 119 deputies were present at the session. The PDK proposed Veseli for Assembly Speaker and Xhavit Haliti as his deputy.

US Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson and European Parliament Member Ulrike Lunacek were present at the session.

The complete agreement between Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK,) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK,) on co-governance is already made public.

This agreement clarifies that the two parties agreed to vote Kadri Veseli for the Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa for the Prime Minister of Kosovo, while Thaci will be voted for the President, after the end of the constitutional mandate of the current President.