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.

Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa said that the agreement between LDK, AAK, NISMA and Vetevendosje confirms commitment and responsibility of all parties to the dialogue process. “The dialogue will be led by the prime minister of the country, respectively the dialogue will be on the basis of reciprocity. Members of the coalition will have specific responsibilities in the dialogue but no one should imply the dialogue will be led on political party basis.

sa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), writes on his Facebook account today that the Constitutional Court last month made a decision “as advised by the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK)” and that it has complicated the election of the President of the Kosovo Assembly. “Proof of this is statements by PDK officials who explained the decision several days before it was announced.

The chairperson of the constitutive session of the Assembly of Kosovo, Flora Brovina, decided during her meeting with the representatives of the Democratic Party of Kosovo and minority parties, to hold the constitutive session of the Assembly, on 12 September, at 10:00 a.m.

The Democratic Party of Kosovo was represented by Enver Hoxhaj, while the opposition coalition and Vetevendosje did not participate, despite Brovina’s invitation.

After the negative response of the representatives of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), and Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), who stated that they would not attend the meeting scheduled by Flora Brovina, the later stated that if the parties of the opposition coalition do not attend the meeting, she will not call the Assembly session.

Flora Brovina, MP from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), who chaired the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly, told RTV21 that the session would not resume this week as preparations will be finalized next week. Brovina also suggested that the opposition bloc consisting of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) should not become nervous.

Ismet Beqiri, general secretary of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), stated today for Politiko.net  that coalition block considers that the request for new elections, expressed by the adviser of the outgoing Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, is blackmail. Beqiri said that the Democratic Party of Kosovo is trying to intimidate one of the three parties that have formed the after-election block. “We say that he is very much mistaken because the Block never feared new elections.

Leaders of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK),  Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA)  met today to discuss the preparations for the Kosovo Assembly session, where the speaker of the Assembly is expected to be elected.

Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, said after this meeting that if the Assembly session is not called for this week, then they will manage to call the session on their own, by collecting 40 signatures of the deputies.

“There is a very clear tendency to force us into entering negotiations with Thaci and the Democratic Party of Kosovo. There is a tendency to keep one part of the power at any cost,” Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), says in an interview for Radio Free Europe. Haradinaj also argues that the opposition coalition (LDK-AAK-NISMA) will not make any compromise with the PDK, “despite the fact that the decision of the Constitutional Court tries to force political parties to talk with the PDK”.

The opposition coalition of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) issued a press release today saying that the ruling of the Constitutional Court has paved the way for them to establish new institutions. “The court’s decision, points 126 and 127 in particular, provides for the right and constitutional obligation of assembly members to find a way to elect the President of the Assembly with the majority of votes.