Leaders of the opposition bloc – Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) – will meet today at the LDK offices to discussed final steps before constitution of the new Kosovo Assembly.

Sources told Express that Isa Mustafa, Ramush Haradinaj and Fatmir Limaj will discuss the constitution of the Assembly and the fact that the three parties are going to be part of one parliamentary group.

Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, said that the party’s thirty MPs are unified in their objectives.

Mustafa said LDK MPs don’t consider a government with Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) as an ideal solution but accept it as a better and necessary alternative to stop a Thaci-led government and begin changes in strengthening the legal state.

The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) led by Hashim Thaci will not give up. While most Albanian political parties have decided not to negotiate with the PDK for the establishment of the new government, Thaci’s party has come up with a perfect scenario. “You know that the Constitutional Court has given the right to the PDK to form the government. We have several scenarios to form the government, but the most plausible plan is to use secret voting in the assembly session for the formation of the government,” a reliable source in the PDK told the news website.

Isa Mustafa, Ramush Haradinaj and Fatmir Limaj are expected to meet today at 17:00 in the headquarters of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) to discuss further steps for forming the government. A member of the AAK chairmanship, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Epoka e Re that there is an agreement between the AAK, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Initiative for Kosovo (Nisma) and the Vetevendosje Movement to not allow a third term for outgoing Prime Minister Hashim Thaci.

Headlines - 27.06.2014

Vetevendosje conditions with reformatting of dialogue and privatization (Koha)

The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) has denied reports that the opposition coalition has agreed to Vetevendosje’s terms in exchange for its support for the formation of the government. Kujtim Shala, member of the LDK presidency, told Indeksonline that LDK leader Isa Mustafa did not meet this week with Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti. “The LDK has not held any new meetings with the Vetevendosje Movement, but we are continuing our work with coalition partners and we will meet with the Vetevendosje Movement. Everything else is speculation,” Shala said.

The leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK,) Isa Mustafa, met today the Head of the Desk for Kosovo at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dashiell Caldwell and the British Ambassador in Kosovo, Ian Cliff.

The leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, and deputy leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Melihate Tërmkolli, do not agree with President Atifiete Jahjaga’s addressing the Constitutional Court on who has the mandate to govern in Kosovo. They say that this was a hasty decision on her part. Bilall Sherifi from the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) says that the Constitution is quite clear on who has the right to create the government.

The paper reports on page two that Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Albin Kurti, leader of the Vetevendosje Movement, and Fatmir Limaj, leader of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), met on Thursday at AAK headquarters to discuss dialogue with Belgrade. No agreement was reached.

On the front page, the paper writes that a very uncertain situation is being created regarding the forming of new institutions following the 8 June elections, with none of the political parties knowing how the process is going to end. This is the reason, adds the paper, behind the increased activity of western ambassadors in Pristina, who are interested to learn from Kosovo leaders how they think the new institutions will be formed.