The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has addressed the Constitutional Court and asked it to clarify certain issues relating to her competencies, namely articles 84 and 95 of the Constitution of Kosovo. Clarification and a Court decision will enable President Jahjaga to undertake the necessary measures to propose a candidate for Prime Minister.

In an interview for KTV’s show Rubikon, the President of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, Enver Hasani, said the Court has become a victim of the present political situation and added that the Court has no mandate to control political agreements. “This is a process that happens in all democratic countries. With regards to the position of the Constitutional Court, so much has been said that it feels as if we are a party in this situation”, said Hasani.

The paper argues that, by publicly declaring that the LDK-AAK-Nisma coalition is illegitimate, Enver Hasani, chairman of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, has violated the Court’s regulations, since he commented on an issue before it was addressed to the Court, and because he is not entitled to comment on a matter without the presence of the panel of judges. The paper quotes Gjyljeta Mushkolaj, a former judge of the Constitutional Court, as saying that judges should not comment on issues that can be addressed to the Constitutional Court.