Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and candidate of the opposition coalition for Prime Minister, said today that MPs need to find a solution to break the political deadlock. He said the coalition of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the AAK and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) does not want new elections. “This is not about new elections, this is about finding a solution in the Assembly,” Haradinaj said.

President Atifete Jahjaga held today a joint meeting with the outgoing Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, the Chief Prosecutor, Syle Hoxha, head of the Judicial Council of Kosovo, Enver Peci, Director of Kosovo Police, Shpend Maxhuni and Deputy Director of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency, Muharrem Ajeti, to assess the recent developments in Kosovo, after the last UN Security Council session on Kosovo and in the verge of the UN General Assembly, informs a press release from the Office of the President.

U.S. judge Robert Carolan will no longer serve as a judge with the Constitutional Court of Kosovo. Sources told Koha Ditore that Carolan turned down another mandate with the court. “His departure has to do with the fact that he was the only one not to agree with the two latest decisions of the Constitutional Court – the decision on the candidate for the forming of the government and the decision on the Assembly President,” the source said.

The meeting of the post-coalition bloc representatives called after the decision to postpone Kosovo Assembly constitutive session has ended.

The bloc’s candidate for prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj, said the postponement of Assembly’s session is unacceptable and that the decision of the chair, Flora Brovina, only served the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).

Haradinaj said it is only the PDK that is blocking establishment of new institutions. He said there is no need for new elections as the solution to the crisis is already inside the Assembly.

Lumir Abdixhiku, director of the Pristina-based research institute Riinvest, argues in his opinion piece that “the unification of opposition parties in one camp gives meaning to good governance for Kosovo and to the Albanian majority”. The unification of the opposition also gives guarantees for the overall political will in the country. This unification of political parties not only channels all anti-government sentiments in the country but also increases the chance for a meaningful opposition alternative.

In a statement to the media, Vetevendosje stressed that in an effort to create parallel institutional mechanisms, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) undertook its recent step in preventing creation of new institutions. “Along with the Serb List it postponed for a week the constitutive session of the Republic of Kosovo Assembly”.

Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), said that the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), and the Constitutional Court should bring arguments to the opinion on how is the government and the Assembly Speaker or the deputies elected in a parliamentary system without a parliamentary majority.

Mustafa mentioned John Tunheim, the U.S. judge and drafter of the Constitution of Kosovo as well as his explanation for the parliamentary system. This is what he wrote in his Facebook profile:

KTV editor-in-chief Adriatik Kelmendi writes that Kosovo needs substantial changes in several areas and that on the eve of the seventh anniversary of the declaration of independence and fifteen years liberation many things should no longer be tolerated when the functioning of the state is at stake. “Kosovo has stagnated deeply in many areas and is now ranked last both in the region and Europe.

After the meeting with the leaders and representatives of the Coalition Block, Vetevendosje leader, Albin Kurti, stressed for the media that Vetevendosje Movement will hold a referendum with regards to the establishment of the new government, which will change Kosovo both in political and socio-economic aspects.

As announced earlier, the Coalition Block signed today at 13:00 hours at the Assembly of Kosovo, an agreement for co-governance with Vetevendosje Movement.

The agreement was signed after two months of negotiations between the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), with the Vetevendosje Movement.