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Political impasse in Kosovo, PDK submits request for continuation of constitutive session of the Assembly

2026-08-13 10:33:00 / KOSOVA ALFA PRESS

Political impasse in Kosovo, PDK submits request for continuation of

The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) continued on Thursday with its actions in protest against the failure to constitute the Kosovo Assembly, including officially submitting a request to call a constitutive session tomorrow at 11:00.

Thursday's actions began with several of its MPs standing in front of the Government building, where they accused the acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, of "usurping" the institution and demanded that he return to the Assembly.

Later, PDK deputies moved to the Parliament building, from where this party's deputy, Përparim Gruda, officially announced the submission of the request.

PDK's actions are part of the pressure that this party, together with the Alliance, is exerting for the continuation of the constitutive session of the Assembly and the completion of the process of establishing the new legislature.

Naim Jakaj from the Kosovo Law Institute told Radio Free Europe on Wednesday that the request to continue the hearing is "fair."

"The fact that the constitutional deadline of 30 days has already been violated does not mean that the process should be stopped. On the contrary, after the violation of the deadline, the obligation to constitute the Assembly continues and the deputies must complete this process without further delay," said Jakaj.
According to him, the Constitution does not provide for the automatic dissolution of the Assembly after the 30-day deadline has passed.

"The session should continue exactly where it was interrupted and the Assembly should proceed with the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speakers. Negotiations for the election of the President are another constitutional process and cannot be set as a precondition for the constitution of the Assembly," said Jakaj.
Kosovo remains without a constituted Assembly after the early parliamentary elections of June 7.

The results of these elections were certified on July 8, while the 30-day deadline for the constitution of the Assembly ended on August 7. Regarding this deadline, 14 non-governmental organizations addressed the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.

The constitutive session was scheduled to begin on August 6. However, the process was interrupted after Kurti, in his capacity as the leader of the Vetëvendosje Movement, requested additional time for discussions with political parties regarding the election of the next president.

Kurti argued that constituting the Assembly without a prior agreement on the president would lead the country towards another early election.

A day ago, the acting Minister of Justice, Donika Gërvalla, said that this party believes that the deadline for constitution ends 30 days from the start of the session.

PDK and AAK, on ​​the other hand, have insisted that the Assembly be constituted and the session continue, opposing the conditioning of this process on reaching a political agreement on the president.

Although the 30-day deadline for the constitution of the Assembly ended on August 7, the constitutive session remains open.

On August 8, AAK MP Time Kadrijaj threw eggs at Kurti during the session, after which the chair of the session, Avni Dehari, interrupted her.

In the following days, political clashes moved back to the Assembly, with clashes between PDK and Alliance MPs, on one side, and LVV, on the other, escalating to a physical altercation on Wednesday.

At the center of the clash is the chairman of the constitutive session, Avni Dehari, a member of the LVV, who is leading the session in his capacity as the oldest member of parliament.

PDK and AAK are demanding that Dehari convene and continue the session, while Vetëvendosje has previously requested a political agreement between the parties.

The PDK claims that there is no reason for the constitution of the Assembly to be conditioned on the agreement on the president and that the solution to the crisis should be sought within the institutions.

Meanwhile, the current crisis is a continuation of a longer period of institutional instability in Kosovo. Following the previous elections and the crisis surrounding the election of the president, the Assembly was dissolved and the country went to new elections on June 7.

Now, even after new elections, the Assembly has not yet been constituted, while political parties have not reached an agreement on how to break the deadlock.

PDK, meanwhile, has announced the continuation of actions to push forward the constitution process./REL

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