Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, said he does not plan to attend a meeting with the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj. Mustafa said the LDK would not enter any type of coalition with the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). Instead, Mustafa said they will wait for PAN coalition and its candidate for prime minister Haradinaj to try to form the new government.
Leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Isa Mustafa, wrote on his Facebook page that his party would analyse and reflect on the election results in the coming days but that it will take no decision before the results are certified by the Central Election Commission (CEC). “I thank all those who gave their trust to our coalition and our candidate for prime minister, prof. Avdullah Hoti, who led a dignified campaign”, Mustafa wrote.
The paper’s editor-in-chief, Lavdim Hamiti, writes in an op-ed that only “naïve” members of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) could have believed in the sincerity of their now-former coalition partners, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). He says the PDK’s former leader, Hashim Thaci, and the present one, Kadri Veseli, have built their entire political career on not respecting agreements and the recent case with Isa Mustafa is one such case.
The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) has voted for the motion of no-confidence on the government of Kosovo.
With 78 votes for, 34 against and 3 abstentions, Kosovo Assembly has removed the mandate of the government of Kosovo with Isa Mustafa as Prime Minister. The motion of no-confidence was initiated by the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and supported by opposition parties. This voting will lead to early elections in Kosovo.
Ismet Beqiri, head of the parliamentary group of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), assessed Isa Mustafa’s government as the most successful one after the war.
Beqiri said that opposition has a parliamentary power of 30 votes, and stated that LDK would vote against the motion. “Motion with unsustainable data and untruth attributed to this government and Assembly,” Beqiri said.
He also spoke about partnership with the United States of America. “There is no possibility for anyone to bring us apart from this partnership no matter the intentions of anyone.”
During the Assembly debate on the no-confidence motion for the government, head of the Vetevendosje movement parliamentary group, Glauk Konjufca, counted some of what he called failures of the government of Kosovo, with Isa Mustafa as Prime Minister.
According to Konjufca, Mustafa became Prime Minister with the agreement which made Hashim Thaci President, a few months after Mustafa held campaign against him.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, left the Assembly session after listening to the speeches of the heads of PDK and LDK parliamentary groups.
During the speech of the head of Vetevendosje movement parliamentary group, Glauk Konjufca, Mustafa left the session, however it is not known if the MPs and Ministers from his party, would leave as well.
Before the voting of the co-confidence motion sponsored by the opposition parties, Prime Minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa said it was a “political pamphlet” containing false arguments. “The motion is aimed at destabilizing the country by fuelling mistrust with the institutions and creating an institutional vacuum to hide corrupt affairs,” he said in his speech before the Assembly members. Facts are different, he said and went on to list achievements which he said were reached during his government’s mandate.
Valdete Bajrami, Kosovo Assembly MP from the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), told the news portal that she is convinced that the current government will be brought down during tomorrow’s session at the Assembly of Kosovo. According to Bajrami, the initiative of her party for the motion of no-confidence will not pass only if PM Mustafa resigns tonight. She stated convincingly that Isa Mustafa is Prime Minister in decline.
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, will travel to Brussels next week where he is expected to present a new request regarding visa liberalisation for Kosovo. Mustafa is expected to urge the EU to grant Kosovo a type of conditional visa-free travel for a period of two years during which Kosovo would work on fulfilling the criteria for finalizing border demarcation with Montenegro. If Kosovo institutions fail to ratify the border demarcation by that time, the EU could reintroduce the visa regime.