At the inaugural session of the Assembly on 17 July, the first man of Parliament, and five vice-presidents will be appointed, one of whom must be a Serb.

Who will be suggested by the Serbian list is not yet decided, and for the selection of their candidate will be required a simple majority, or 61 votes, which includes significant support from the Albanian deputies.

As a representative of the Serbian List in parliament Sasa Milosavljevic said that he sees no reason for Albanians to not accept a candidate of the Serbian List.

Acting Assembly Speaker, Jakup Krasniqi, explained who has the right to take on the post of Assembly Speaker and Prime Minister. In a Facebook post, Krasniqi said that both posts belong to the bloc that has the majority to govern Kosovo.

He said democracy implies governance by the majority and in the case of Kosovo, a parliamentary majority. This requires at least 61 votes in the Assembly and whoever manages to secure this number will be able to elect the Assembly Speaker and Prime Minister.

Members of the General Board of the Independent Liberal Party (SLS) Bratislav Nikolic, Dalibor Jevtic, Sasa Milosavljevic, Jelena Bontic, Jasmina Zivkovic and full membership of the municipal board of SLS in Strpce/Shterpce left the party. In a statement they said they have resigned from all positions and membership in the SLS and that their act is the consequence of dissatisfaction with the situation in the party and the inability to influence on it.

Over a month after elections, the Kosovo parliament is due to convene next week, paving the way for a new government to be established after an opposition bid to rule was thwarted.

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.

Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, will not face a serious problem in his election as the new Speaker of Kosovo Assembly.

Although the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) insists that a parliamentary group cannot be formed without the new Assembly being established, this will not prove to be a problem for Mustafa’s election.

The only Serbian representative in the future Kosovo Assembly, who speaks Albanian language, is Nenad Rasic, the leader of Progressive Democratic Party (PDS). On the other side none of nine MPs from the Serbian List speak Albanian language. Since Serbian is an official language, when Albanian MPs will address the Assembly, Serbian MPs will have to listen simultaneous translation. Official documents should be delivered to them in their native language. 

Belgrade, Pristina - Serb decision to participate in the central government in Kosovo is a constructive move, given that due to the "encouragement" and "blessing" they’ve got from Belgrade will be able to strongly represent their interests, assessed for Danas political experts.

In their view, such an arrangement of representatives of Serbs from Kosovo and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic allows Belgrade to influence decision-making processes in Pristina, or to become an "insider".

The largest number of votes in the elections for the parliament of Kosovo received lesser known Serbian candidates. The Socialists' Movement members from Leposavic/Leposaviq left behind and some representatives of the Albanians.

Despite resistance from the northern Kosovo Serbs to vote in parliamentary elections in Kosovo on June 8, the most votes in the Serbian List, supported by Belgrade, won the candidates from the north who mostly are unknown to the general public.

Who will be the Serbian MP in the Kosovo parliament will be clear soon, because it is expected that Central Election Commission (CEC) completes counting the votes of displaced persons and conditional votes. 

Regardless of the number of mandates for the Serbian List, they will not be assigned according to the coalition agreement. The voters, beside the vote for the List, had to vote for one up to five candidates. Consequently, MPs will be those who won the most votes.