The leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, has called the MPs from his party to meet tomorrow at 13:00 p.m. Sources within the party told Gazeta Blic that Mustafa will request them to vote Hashim Thaci for President of Kosovo. He will ask them to at least be present at the Assembly to establish the required quorum for voting Thaci for President,” said this source. Several MPs from LDK announced that they will prevent Hashim Thaci from being elected.

Opposition parties have warned that they would continue opposing assembly sessions. Vetevendosje Movement spokesperson, Frasher Krasniqi, said the opposition has no reason to change its actions. According to him, it is the government that should change, because it lacks legitimacy. Krasniqi further stated that calling a new assembly session represented a provocation.

The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) MP Vjosa Osmani called on her party colleagues to prevent the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci from becoming the new Kosovo president. She said the only way to achieve this is by the LDK MPs not participating in the Assembly session when Thaci is expected to be voted for president. She explained that it is required for at least ten LDK MPs, plus the opposition ones, to boycott the session leaving it without a quorum and unable to vote on the motion.

The news site reports that opposition parties are still adamant to block the upcoming sessions of the Kosovo Assembly. The Vetevendosje Movement, the biggest opposition party, said that the opposition has no reason to change its approach and that it is the government that should change. Vetevendosje spokesman Frasher Krasniqi said: “Over 200,000 citizens have signed the petition against the Association [of Serb-majority Municipalities] and the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Association is against the spirit of the Constitution.

The Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) today presented the end-of-year report on the work of the Assembly, where it was said that the year 2015 was a year of ineffective work of the Assembly.  Out of 138 draft-laws, the Assembly managed to adopt 47, thus fulfilling only 34 percent of the legislative agenda.

Kosovo Assembly held today its last session for this year. The session began with the annual address of President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga to the MPs where she said that Kosovo is experiencing a deep political and moral crisis which is challenging the democratic consensus. She said she believed that Kosovo’s elected representatives would be able to leave their daily agendas aside for the common good but expressed determination to continue playing the role entrusted to her by the Constitution of Kosovo and be a factor of unity and upholder of democratic functioning of institutions.

Several news sites quote Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) MP Time Kadrijaj as saying that today the opposition was ready for debate and was not planning to throw teargas in the Assembly building. “The Assembly Presidency and the ruling coalition left the Assembly room without any prior notification and held a brief meeting. We wanted to debate today and we wanted to highlight the flaws of the government this year. The ruling coalition should have returned to the room,” Kadrijaj said.

Kosovo Assembly Vice-President, Xhavit Haliti, in an opinion piece today argues that at a time when important laws are waiting to be adopted, when Kosovo needs to make mature decisions, the opposition MPs are trying to block the work of the Assembly.  “The MPs who are elected by the people have forgotten to speak and are using teargas as the only means of communication.

The President of the Assembly of Kosovo, Kadri Vesei, has criticized the European Union after the news that Kosovo people will not be able to travel without visas in Europe.

At the first annual Assembly-Civil Society Conference, Veseli said if there are voices on organized crime and corruption in the politics of Kosovo, then let the politicians be punished through visa regime, not the people.

Fatmir Limaj, leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), told the media at the Assembly hall that the opposition is engaging to prevent the government’s agenda, which according to him is against the interests of Kosovo.

Limaj added further that they are not allowing incrimination of the Assembly.