Hashim Thaci’s election has gotten quite complicated. The Serbian List is asking for five demands to be met, otherwise they will leave the Assembly session, making it impossible for Thaci to be elected president. Gazeta Express has learned that the demands of the Serbian List are related to the agreements reached in Brussels during the discussions between Pristina and Belgrade. It is not known whether these demands can be technically fulfilled today.

Opposition representatives told the news agency today that although early parliamentary elections were not their initial objective, elections are now seen as the only solution to the political crisis. Muharrem Nitaj, spokesman for the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said the opposition expected the government would reflect on the “two anti-constitutional” agreements, referring to the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro and the agreement on the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities.

Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), made another public call today for early parliamentary elections as a solution to the current crisis. “The government cannot pretend as if nothing happened and continue to improvise and to defend its positions, because this is no longer possible. There is only one way to emerge from the current crisis and that is elections … Those that love this country should not be late in responding to this challenge,” Haradinaj was quoted as saying.

MP and president of the Party for Democratic Action (PDD) Riza Halimi said that there was no serious discussion among the Albanian parties in southern Serbia on possible joint participation in parliamentary elections. Halimi said that before the last parliamentary elections, some of the local Albanian political leaders advocated a boycott of the elections for the Assembly of Serbia. "I expect that at the moment when elections will be scheduled, the activities of the political leadership in Pristina and Tirana will start.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, did not want to speak today about the holding of the session for the election of the president of Kosovo.

He also did not speak about the current political situation in Kosovo, despite the questions of the journalists made during his visit to the Job Fair, opened today in Pristina.

Citizens of Kosovo with the right to vote will be able to elect Serbian Parliament MPs. However, to ensure the safety and security of the election process, as in previous years, the OSCE will be included in the process. This agreement was reached during the last round of talks in Brussels, though Pristina unwillingly accepted.  However, OSCE officials in Kosovo said that so far no one has approached them with this issue so far: “The OSCE mission supported Republic of Serbia central elections in Kosovo in 2012 and 2014.

Vetevendosje MP Ilir Deda wrote on his Facebook account that early elections will take place in Kosovo, with or without a political agreement beforehand. “Thaci and Mustafa will not govern until 2018 and early elections will be held,” said Deda.

The front page of the paper says that new elections in Kosovo are unavoidable because “all the other alternatives to overcome the political crisis, created since the establishment of an insatiable government of elephants, and later the signing of the anti-constitutional agreements, have been exhausted.”  Kosova Sot further notes that based on the Constitution, the power to dissolve the Assembly and announce the date for new elections belongs to the President.

Today Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, criticized the actions and violence exercised during protests by opposition parties. Thaci also spoke about the presidential elections, and promised that the elections will begin, in line with the Constitution.

Vojislav Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) said that the Serb representatives in Kosovo institutions do not have the trust of the Serbs in Kosovo, adding that this must change soon. "With two or three percent of votes they receive all MP positions and behave like the Serbs elected them. They do not have the trust of the Serbian people and I have now found a way to oppose this," said the leader of the SRS.