Vetëvendosje Movement and the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) have reached a coalition deal in the Municipality of Pristina. The deal gives AKR two municipal directorates, that of culture and agriculture. AKR, in turn, has four seats at the municipal assembly. Vetëvendosje recently reached a coalition deal in Pristina with the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK).

The New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) leader Behxhet Pacolli said today that the Kosovo government should resign and make way for early parliamentary elections. “I am confident that the country does not need the recent events and sights at the Kosovo Assembly. The people of Kosovo today are faced with survival problems and the Mustafa government has failed from its first day in office. In order to save the country from a deeper crisis and from eventual riots, I believe the government should resign and new elections should be held,” Pacolli wrote on his Facebook account.

Agim Bahtiri, the Mayor of Mitrovica municipality and member of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) told Gazeta Express that he is talking with senior members of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) but that he has yet to decide if he will join this party. The AKR is undergoing internal elections and it is not known if Behxhet Pacolli will remain party leader of if he will be replaced by Mimoza Kusari-Lila, current deputy party leader and Mayor of Gjakova municipality.

Naim Maloku, a senior official of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) and former deputy leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said today that the formation of the special court, which will address war crimes allegations, is a result of the failure of Kosovo’s judiciary. Maloku said that except for the Vetevendosje Movement, all parliamentary parties have contributed to this failure, and that no party, except for Vetevendosje, has the moral right to oppose the formation of this court.

In an interview for Express, Behxhet Pacolli, leader of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR), says that overcoming the current political crisis would be easy if politicians would put interests of the state ahead of their private interests. Pacolli said the AKR, which failed to cross the election threshold in the last national elections, was consolidating its ranks and that a total reconfiguration would take place in September.

Outgoing Prime Minister Hashim Thaci met on Wednesday with Behxhet Pacolli, leader of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR), in a restaurant in Pristina. Pacolli was accompanied by his deputy, Mimoza Kusari-Lila. Thaci told reporters after the meeting that “this was a meeting between friends”, while Pacolli called it an ordinary meeting but left open the possibility of a coalition with Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) if the AKR manages to pass the election threshold.

The New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) expressed its concern over the voting process which, they claim, resulted in irregularities. AKR said it is currently verifying election results and will decide on future steps depending on the final assessment. AKR urged the Central Election Commission (CEC) to recount all votes as fraud is evident.

LDK leader, Isa Mustafa, said he offered cooperation to Pacolli but he refused because he was confident his party would pass election threshold.

The head of New Kosovo Alliance (AKR), Behgjet Pacolli, says that AKR was betrayed by Isa Mustafa and not the LDK. Pacolli says that Isa Mustafa did not call him at all, after he learned that AKR had not reached the electoral threshold. In addition, Mustafa had earlier told him not to form a coalition with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). “Now we have a dilemma. Maybe we will support Haradinaj, maybe Vetevendosje, maybe we will also support Thaci. But it is more important to pass the election threshold, and then all four options will be in play,” said Pacolli to Klan Kosova.

Central Election Commission (CEC) has confirmed that it has received no ballots via mail from Kazakhstan which the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) hopes will secure it enough votes to pass the five-percent election threshold.

The largest number of applications comes from Serbia, 12,901 followed by Switzerland with 1,169 and Germany 1,122 votes. 221 votes have arrived from Austria and 115 from the United States.