Serbian List MP, Igor Simic, said today that the Serbian List will vote in favour of PAN-AKR’s candidate for Assembly speaker but that with regards to the voting of the Kosovo government, it will need to first consult authorities in Belgrade. “We will decide after consultations with the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic and director of office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric,” Simic said.

The New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) is expected to nominate today the leaders of the ministries that already belong to them, as part of the agreement with the PAN coalition.

However, except for the leader of the party, Behxhet Pacolli, who most likely will become Minister for Foreign Affairs, none of the MPs of this party will become a minister.

Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and PAN’s candidate for prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj, said today after meeting leaders of the coalition and of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) that he believed new institutions of Kosovo will be formed this week.

Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) leader, Fatmir Limaj, said today that the Assembly of Kosovo and the new government will be formed this week. Limaj made the comments as he was heading for a meeting of PAN and AKR leaders with officials from the Serbian List taking place in Swiss Diamond Hotel in Pristina.

It is increasingly certain that Kosovo will finally get a government and the Serbian list undoubtedly will be a part of it. The List will support the election of the Speaker of the Parliament Kadri Veseli from the big war coalition PAN and thus the new government, today’s edition of daily Blic learns. Blic reports that in exchange for support, the Serbian List will receive a deputy prime minister and three ministerial posts.

By: Krenar Gashi

Kosovo’s current crisis is a result of local power struggles and bungled foreign interference – and until people realize that, the political system will remain damaged.

Since the snap parliamentary election in June, Kosovo has been struggling to constitute its state institutions. Parliament only kicked off its constitutive session last week. But it was unable to complete it as no majority could be formed to vote for a speaker and a presidium.

The failure to create new institutions in Kosovo two months after the holding of parliamentary elections, has mined the process of dialogue for the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

While the Serb leadership has launched several proposals for the solution of pending issues between the two countries, Kosovo’s politicians have not issued any declarations in regards to this.

Serbia’s Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic has suggested for the solution of the Serb-Albanian conflict to come through a historical compromise.

By: Shpend Kursani

Decisions made by institutions under the influence of PDK in 2014 led to the current political stalemate. But the vote tally points to a way out.

Anybody following elections in most Western Balkan countries has most likely encountered a the keyword: ‘institutional crisis.’ It is no different with the recent elections in Kosovo, which have not produced a fully-established parliament or government since June.

Serbian political representatives in Kosovo did not make any decision on entering into any coalition in the southern Serbian province, stated Chair of the Srpska Lista, Goran Rakic, adding that the eventual vote for the establishment of the presidency and the assembly bodies does not mean support for the establishment of the Kosovo Government.