The Chairmanship of the Assembly of Kosovo, met today to discuss the procedures of the constitutive session of the new Assembly of Kosovo. The meeting comes a day after President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, decided to call the constitutive session of the Assembly of Kosovo on 17 July.

Hashim Thaci, the outgoing Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), stated that the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Vetevendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and NISMA have bypassed all criteria and principals by creating a “union” based on close personal interests and spite. According to him, this “union” has become factor of the tendency to block expressed will of the population for the New Mission. Thaçi however has faith that this “union” is temporary.

According to Lavdim Hamidi, whenever the outgoing Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi faces difficulties, he uses millions from the budget of Kosovo for political benefits. “This is how he acted on the verge of 8 June elections when he increased salaries of public servants, pensions, an made many other promises only to obtain more votes for his party,” he writes adding that in this manner Thaçi compensated party’s loss after Fatmir Limaj, Jakup Krasniqi and many others left PDK.

Berat Buzhala considers that even if the Constitutional Court decides that the President should give Hashim Thaçi the mandate to create the new government, it is globally known that he does not have the sufficient numbers. Therefore, he says, if the Constitutional Court authorizes only the Democratic Party of Kosovo to create the new government, its leader, Hashim Thaçi, would become an extremely funny figure. “All that he can do is meet Gjergj Dedaj from Albanians and non-Albanian communities.

The paper reports that Ramush Haradinaj might not be able to serve his mandate as a Prime Minister even if the ruling of the Constitutional Court gives him the right.