Minister for Communities and Return in Kosovo Government Dalibor Jevtic said today that the Serbs will be a significant factor in the Kosovo Assembly and theirs position should be used to solve the problems of the Serbian community. Kosovo's Constitutional Court will evaluate the constitutionality of the election process of the Chairperson of the Assembly of Kosovo and the decision is expected sometime mid-August, said Jevtic to Tanjug agency, stressing that he expects in September talk on the formation of Government. - Serb deputies in the Assembly are a key factor in this process

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Assembly of Kosovo have signed an agreement for admission of twelve interns in the Assembly.

Kosovo’s Constitutional Court has confirmed to have received the request from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) to interpret the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly and election of Isa Mustafa to the post of the Speaker but the judges have not yet met to decide whether to temporarily suspend Assembly’s works as requested by the PDK. In a reply to Tirana-based Top Channel, the Constitutional Court confirmed that the team of judges is expected to decide this week whether to schedule further sessions or to “freeze” the Speaker’s post until the case is resolved by the Court.

Serbian List, in order to qualify for taking part in 8 June elections, registered as a political entity with the Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC) and ran in elections that were organised in accordance to Kosovo laws. To gain legitimacy, the new Kosovo MPs have to be sworn in during the first session of the Assembly and sign an oath. All the above procedures were respected by the Serbian List and they can only mean that this political entity recognizes Kosovo.

Although MPs of the Serbian List supported the coalition gathered around Ramush Haradinaj in the Assembly, they might not support Haradinaj for the formation of a government.   The Serbian list has not yet proposed a candidate for Vice President of the Assembly, which, according to the leader of the list, Branimir Stojanovic means that Haradinaj could lose the support of the Serbs in the formation of the government. "We do not know whether we will participate in the government.

Despite the praise of official Belgrade and Ramush Haradinaj at the expense of the Serbian List (since it made possible election of Mustafa for Parliament speaker), political analyst Dusan Janjic commented that the "involvement of Serbian representatives in problems of the Albanian majority is not a clever move". "What the Serbian list will do if in Kosovo Assembly will be formed the new majority? Or, if the position of the international community will be that members of the Kosovo government cannot be directed by Belgrade?

The president of the parliamentary group of the Serbian List, Aleksandar Jablanović, said after the constitution of the Assembly of Kosovo that the Serbian List showed "its strength and constructivism." "As a political entity in the parliament of Kosovo we hope that in the future we will have the opportunity to contribute to the work of the Assembly as it was the case today, when our MP presided over Assembly session," said Jablanović. He added that those who have the majority to form the Government can count on the Serbian List as a safe and reliable partner.

Votes of minorities enabled leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, to get elected as the Kosovo Assembly Speaker in a controversial session accompanied by verbal clashes between MPs. As a result, the way the Speaker was elected will be interpreted by the Constitutional Court, an institution which already ended the mandate of two former Kosovo presidents. Without the court reaching its decision, the president cannot propose a candidate for prime minister, thinks the paper.

Director of the Serbian Government Media Relations Office, Milivoje Mihajlovic said that Serbs supported the election of Isa Mustafa for President of the Assembly primarily to prevent irregularities and delays in the formation of the parliament.  Milivoje Mihajlovic assessed the action as a democratic move of the Serbian List, and on the other hand demonstration of the power of Serbian MPs in the Kosovo Assembly. "A few months ago we talked about the fact that the Serbs will be a key factor in the formation of the Kosovo government.