Burim Ramadani, Secretary General of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), hailed today’s arrests of supporters of ISIS and Al-Nusra in Kosovo. “Actions by Kosovo’s security institutions are needed to prevent threats against national security and the lives and properties of the people. The latest actions and the arrest of Jihadists of ISIS and Al-Nusra in Kosovo are good news and a necessary reaction by security institutions. It would have been better however not to allow their numbers to grow like this.

The first political entity in Kosovo to react to the statement of findings presented today by the lead prosecutor of the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF), Clint Williamson, is the Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK). In a statement to the press, AAK noted that the party has watched the presentation of Williamson’s report with increased interest and considers that the SITF work is a step forward in clarifying allegations already known to the public. AAK also thinks the report is a huge step in establishing rule of law in Kosovo.

Leaders of the opposition coalition, Isa Mustafa (LDK), Ramush Haradinaj (AAK) and Fatmir Limaj (NISMA) will meet today at 12:00. A source within the coalition confirmed the meeting and said that leaders would discuss details about their government program. The source also said that coalition leaders will also meet Serb MPs today. “During the day there will also be a meeting with MPs from the Serbian List. We will discuss the government program with them too,” the source added.

Seeing that the Constitutional Court may suspend the election of Isa Mustafa as Speaker of the Assembly, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) led by Ramush Haradinaj seems to be turning to Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). Citing unnamed sources, Indeksonline reports that AAK and PDK officials will meet today in an attempt to find a new formula for the functionalization of the Assembly.

The coalition of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), issued a press release today saying that “the institutional vacuum created as a result of early elections and delays in establishing new institutions are seriously damaging public administration in Kosovo. Especially in the last six months, the outgoing government recruited a large number of party activists in Kosovo’s civil service without respecting any criteria.

Glauk Konjufca, one of the leaders of the Vetevendosje Movement, told Klan Kosova that Vetevendosje MPs did not vote for Isa Mustafa as Speaker of the Assembly because there is no agreement yet between the LDK-AAK-NISMA bloc and Vetevendosje. “Last night we reached a draft agreement which was supposed to be signed this morning. But today the opposition bloc changed its mind. The Vetevendosje Movement made it clear that the vote for the Assembly Speaker should be included in the agreement, but the latter was not achieved.

Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), was elected as the new Assembly Speaker of Kosovo. 65 deputies (out of 82 present) voted for him at the session. His election took place despite the absence of deputies from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), who had left the session in an attempt to make the election impossible. However, LDK deputies, as well as those from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Vetevendosje movement, and parties representing ethnic minorities, were present.

Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said today that President Atifete Jahjaga cannot interfere and ask the Constitutional Court to rule on the post of Assembly Speaker. “This situation is different from the candidate for Prime Minister and she cannot do this now. 40 MPs can now send this case to the Constitutional Court,” said Haradinaj, who is the opposition’s candidate for the post of prime minister. Haradinaj called on all political parties to show a political and democratic culture at tomorrow’s constitutive session of the Assembly.

Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti met today in Pristina with Swedish Ambassador for Albania, Kosovo and FYROM, Mats Staffansson. Kurti said after the meeting: “We have insisted on a written agreement with the AAK-LDK-NISMA coalition, because we don’t want to have the same governance that we had before. We believe that dialogue and privatization are the two processes that have damaged Kosovo the most; therefore, we want a different orientation. This is the best time to change this detrimental course”.

Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), told reporters in Pristina that an agreement between the opposition coalition and the Vetevendosje Movement has not been reached yet. Haradinaj said this after the opposition bloc met with representatives of non-Serb minorities. Haradinaj, the opposition’s candidate for the post of prime minister, said Vetevendosje representatives on Monday presented an additional annex to the draft agreement that sent the whole process to the beginning.