Ramadani: If this continues, Kosovo will collapse on April 4, 2026, and there will be no one to announce elections.
Express newspaper
20/07/2025 15:36
Burim Ramadani, a security expert and former chief inspector of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency, has warned of a “dark scenario” that, according to him, “could happen to Kosovo.”
“EARLY ALARM: If things continue like this, Kosovo will collapse on April 4, 2026!” he writes in the title of a scenario explaining what he believes the blockage of institutions until then could bring.
“What happens if the Assembly is not constituted by April 2026? The deepest crisis ever seen, with many unknowns about the possibilities of getting out of it! In fact, collapse,” he writes.
Ramadani listed 6 consequences of a greater institutional blockade that would result in reaching the point where “he cannot even announce parliamentary elections.”
Burim Ramadani’s post:
EARLY ALARM: If things continue like this, Kosovo will collapse on April 4, 2026!
Introductory clarification: This is the worst-case scenario that could result from the blockage of institutions until April 4, 2026! Only the political will to compromise can avoid collapse, but for this, the sentence “Kosovo has a Government, but no Parliament!” must be eliminated.
Ramadan resource
The collapse of Kosovo is the danger that awaits us from April 4, 2026. Those with the established mindset of “either I stay in power, or no one else!” are risking it. Those who almost every day – with a purpose that seems to be planned – tell us: “Kosovo has a Government, but no Parliament!”.
What happens if the Assembly is not constituted by April 2026?
The deepest crisis ever seen, with many unknowns about the possibilities of getting out of it! In fact, collapse.
How can they achieve this? Clearly, by keeping the constitution of the Kosovo Assembly blocked. That is, by not electing the Speaker of the Assembly until April 4, 2026. Then, Kosovo has no institution that can make decisions, even to overcome the blockade. As a result, the country practically collapses.
On April 4, 2026, the current President ends her term, having been sworn in on April 4, 2021, so this is unchangeable.
According to the worst-case scenario, this is the outcome:
1. The Kosovo Assembly is still blocked, because the party that is obliged to form a parliamentary majority has not wanted and/or has not managed to do so;
2. Consequently, there is no Acting President, because neither the President nor the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly have been elected;
3. The unconstituted Assembly cannot approve the Budget for 2026 and, according to the legislation in force, twice 1/12 of the 2025 Budget has been exceeded;
4. State employees, i.e. civil and professional servants, cannot receive their salaries, because – as clarified by the Supreme Court – MPs who are still serving in the offices of Ministers cannot make new executive decisions;
5. A large number of institutions and agencies that are still led by appointed Acting Presidents will collapse in decision-making, because it is clearly anti-legal any decision they make after they have spent 6 months as Acting Presidents;
6. No payment for maintenance work or capital investments can be made, because this exceeds the legal powers of those who would be required to make the payments.
So, there is no authority – including the “Government in Office” – that can make new decisions.
There is a general misunderstanding in public opinion (even at high levels of responsibility!) that in such cases, the powers to lead the state are temporarily transferred to the President of the Constitutional Court. This is just an elementary misunderstanding, because nowhere, absolutely nowhere in the Constitution and laws of Kosovo is this foreseen. Consequently, there is no possibility of it happening. There are various countries around the world that foresee such a possibility, but this is not Kosovo.
Aksush cannot announce parliamentary elections!
In such a scenario, when the Assembly is not constituted until April 4, 2026, meaning there is neither a Speaker nor a Deputy Speaker of the Assembly and the current President’s term ends, Kosovo cannot even announce early parliamentary elections.
Because, there is no constitutional authority that has direct competence to announce elections. This competence under the Constitution is only given to the President of Kosovo and in his/her absence, the Acting President. But, when there is not even an Acting President, this represents a deep constitutional and institutional vacuum.
The Constitution of Kosovo does not clearly provide for how to resolve the situation of institutional deadlock in the event of the simultaneous absence of all these functions. In such a situation, there is no constitutional authority authorized to call elections and this implies a total dysfunction of all state institutions.
Again, political compromise: for the Assembly and for the Government that drafts the Budget!
In such a scenario, the only normal form – if it can be called that after a collapse even for just 1 day – is political compromise between political parties.
If we translate this into terms of today’s political developments, again the only way to overcome the collapse is to achieve a majority of the 61 deputies voting for the Speaker of the Assembly, who would also become the Acting President on the same day. In my opinion, this would mean changing the name of the candidate and proposing someone who gets this parliamentary majority. So, something that should have happened about 4 months ago!
But, after a collapse that is at risk (even for 1 day), it is no longer just a matter of compromising to have the Assembly constituted and early elections immediately announced. No.
A quick Government would be an obligation for the “post-collapse” Parliament. Because, the state in April 2026 is without a Budget. And, a draft budget can only be prepared and presented by the Government, not the Parliament. The Budget Law is not like other legal initiatives that MPs can undertake.
And, then, the first task of the Assembly would be to quickly elect a Government that would be able to immediately propose a Budget for the remaining months of 2026.
“Kosovo has a Government, but no Parliament” is the formula for Kosovo’s collapse
Ultimately, this article is the darkest scenario that could happen to Kosovo. The formula that leads to this collapse is the sentence (which seems to me to be not unplanned!) that “Kosovo has a Government, but no Parliament!”.
This alarm may be premature. But, unfortunately, those with the usurping mindset of “either we stay in power, or no one else!” do not leave much room for thinking about positive and developmental scenarios.