Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), writes on his Facebook account that the agreement with the other two opposition parties, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (Nisma), will set a timeline and framework for dialogue with Serbia. “We will follow policies of cooperation and increased partnership in harmony with our orientations and objectives that we presented to our electorate and the people.

Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, member of the presidency of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), writes that many people talk about reserved and guaranteed seats for minority communities in Parliament, “but only a few people mention the fact that the Constitution of Kosovo obliges us to have minority communities represented in the government”. “In such circumstances, whoever wins the elections, minorities must be a part of the government. What needs to change however is the representation of the Albanian majority in the government. The Thaci 2 government was also known as a minority government.

The heads of the opposition coalition, Isa Mustafa from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Ramush Haradinaj from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and Fatmir Limaj from the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), have held their regular meeting. After the meeting, Isa Mustafa rejected the possibility of new early elections, adding that the opposition coalition is respecting the laws and constitution. He said he is also having meetings with Vetevendosje.

LDK leader, Isa Mustafa, said he offered cooperation to Pacolli but he refused because he was confident his party would pass election threshold.

The Head of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Fatmir Limaj, who is already part of the agreement with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) to create the government, said that this arrangement is democratic. He adds that it is the first agreement ever made by Albanian political parties without any international facilitation. “It has been the quickest agreement in the entire history of Albania, and that too without international facilitation,” said Limaj.

The head of New Kosovo Alliance (AKR), Behgjet Pacolli, says that AKR was betrayed by Isa Mustafa and not the LDK. Pacolli says that Isa Mustafa did not call him at all, after he learned that AKR had not reached the electoral threshold. In addition, Mustafa had earlier told him not to form a coalition with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). “Now we have a dilemma. Maybe we will support Haradinaj, maybe Vetevendosje, maybe we will also support Thaci. But it is more important to pass the election threshold, and then all four options will be in play,” said Pacolli to Klan Kosova.

Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), said today that his decision to withdraw from the intention of becoming Prime Minister of Kosovo was a result of the agreement with the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (Nisma). “I was nominated by the LDK as prime minister of the country. I would not have given up from the responsibility of becoming prime minister if the LDK would have won the elections. Every agreement requires compromise.

British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ian Cliff, said today that parliamentary elections were free and fair. Asked about the LDK-AAK-Nisma coalition, Cliff was quoted as saying, “Kosovar political parties need to talk and agree; this is not our matter because we do not interfere in the process”.

The British Ambassador made these remarks after meeting Gjilan mayor Lutfi Haziri, with whom he discussed economic development in Gjilan, the development of the infrastructure, international donations and the integration of all communities.

The paper on the front page reports that the new Kosovo Assembly could have the shortest lifespan imaginable, as it is likely to be dissolved after just one session when it comes to the election of the speaker. Once election results are certified, President Atifete Jahjaga has one month to call the first session of the new Assembly but the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) insists that, as winner of the elections, it should get the post of speaker.

One of the first steps of the next government consisting of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Initiative for Kosovo (Nisma) will be to unblock the law on Pristina in the Assembly, a source close to the signatories of the agreement told the news website. The source said this was one of the reasons why Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti decided to support a new government led by AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj. The adoption of the law on Pristina has been blocked in the Assembly of Kosovo for seven years now.