Hargreaves calls for urgent formation of new institutions
The British Ambassador to Pristina, Jonathan Hargreaves, has called for the urgent formation of new Kosovo institutions after two failures to constitute the Assembly resulting from the February 9 parliamentary elections.
The British diplomat wrote in a Facebook post that Kosovo citizens have the right to expect cooperation from political leaders in the national interest, reports KosovaPress.
“More than two months after the elections, Kosovo urgently needs a functioning Assembly and government. Citizens have the right to expect their political leaders to cooperate in the interest of the country,” he wrote.
The constitution of the ninth legislature has failed for the second time in two days. Chairman Avni Dehari from the LVV adjourned the session because, according to him, there was no consensus with the representatives of the political parties on how to proceed. The next new session has been called for April 19, at 12:00.
The chairman of LDK, Lumir Abdixhiku said today that they have not changed their position regarding the voting on the report on the verification of the mandates of deputies. Abdixhiku said that they will not vote on the report today either until the Kurti Government resigns.
The former head of the Vetëvendosje Movement parliamentary group, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, after the adjournment of the constitutive session, said that if the opposition does not want to talk about the report on the verification of the mandates of the deputies, “then they can resort to new elections.”
The elected MP of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Time Kadrijaj, said that the acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti is trying to illegally delay the constitution of the Kosovo Assembly, since he “does not have the votes to form a government.”