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The constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly is scheduled
2025-04-01 17:06:18 / KOSOVA
The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, has set April 15 as the date for holding the constitutive session of the new parliamentary composition resulting from the regular elections of February 9.
This is the first concrete step in the formation of new state institutions, following the certification of the election results by the Central Election Commission on March 27.
The President had 30 days to announce the date for the session. Otherwise, according to the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of Kosovo , the Parliament would convene on the 30th day.
The constitutive session is prepared by the president of the previous legislature, who five days before the session is held must call a meeting of the leaders of the political parties represented in the Assembly, to prepare an agenda.
The agenda should include the formation of a temporary committee that verifies the quorum and mandates, the swearing in of new deputies, the election of the assembly speaker and deputy speakers, the voting on the report of the aforementioned committee, and the determination of the deputies' seats in the hall, according to political power.
The constitutive session is chaired by the oldest deputy, assisted by the youngest deputy.
The laws do not provide that there cannot be debate during the session.
In this session, the deputies take the oath – those who are absent can do so in the following session – and the first party, in this case the Vetëvendosje Movement, proposes the candidate for Speaker of the Assembly.
The vice-presidents, meanwhile, are proposed by one of the largest parties and by the non-majority communities and the Serbian community.
The constitutive session, according to the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, ends with the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speakers.
"Interruptions during the constitutive session cannot be longer than 48 hours," states Article 12, point 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly.
According to the results, in the new parliamentary composition, the Vetevendosje Movement will have 48 MPs, the Democratic Party of Kosovo 24, the Democratic League of Kosovo 20, the Serbian List nine, and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo and the Social Democratic Initiative coalition eight seats.
The distribution of seats in the Assembly means that no party can form the Government alone, which is the next step after holding the constitutive session.
Regarding the result, in a separate development, the LVV has already approached the Constitutional Court, challenging the Supreme Court's decision on postal votes, arguing that the LDK manipulated them.
The party of the incumbent Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has requested a temporary measure from the Constitutional Court regarding the Supreme Court's decision regarding these votes.
If the Constitutional Court makes a decision on this issue, then there could be a halt to the process of electing the Government. However, until the Constitutional Court addresses the issue sent by the LVV, the country's president has several legal deadlines that she must respect.
According to the laws, Osmani must mandate the first party in the elections, in this case LVV, to form a new government.
The Constitution states that the prime minister then has 15 days to present the new composition of the executive before the Assembly and require 61 votes for it to be voted on.
If the first party fails to receive the support of at least 61 MPs, then President Osmani has ten days to appoint another candidate.
It invites parties to consultations and has discretion over who it mandates to form the executive.
The second mandate holder also has 15 days to present the composition of the government cabinet to the Assembly.
But, if the Government is not formed even after the second attempt, then President Osmani, according to Article 95 of the Constitution, must announce new elections, which must be held no later than 40 days.
The February 9 elections were the first regular parliamentary elections held in Kosovo since the declaration of independence./ REL
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