The seventh attempt to constitute the Assembly fails!

The deputies gathered this morning with the aim of constituting the Assembly of Kosovo, after many failed attempts, but no agreement was reached today either!

The seventh continuation of the constitutive session began at 10:00.

Nearly three months after the February 9 elections, the process has stalled due to disagreements among some of the largest parliamentary parties over the post of Speaker of the Assembly.

The constitution of the Assembly, launched on April 15, has failed six times in a row, because the winning party, the Vetevendosje Movement, is failing to secure the necessary votes for its candidate for president, Albulena Haxhiu.

Vetëvendosje has 48 seats out of the 120 in the Kosovo Assembly. Haxhiu has failed to get more than 57 votes, out of the minimum 61 votes needed to be resolved, in the four times it has been put to the vote.

Haxhiu is seen by the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) as a "divisive figure", while the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) does not want to vote for any candidate from the winning party.

Vetëvendosje insists that Haxhiu is a worthy candidate and, despite calling for a political agreement, has rejected the possibility of proposing any other candidate besides her.

According to the country's Constitution, the winning party has the right to propose a candidate for Speaker of the Assembly.

Naim Rashiti, director of the Balkan Policy Group in Pristina, told Radio Free Europe that the failure to constitute the Assembly has highlighted not only the lack of political consensus, but also the lack of will to respect the institutional responsibilities that arise from the election results themselves.

He stressed that the institutional deadlock is being prolonged "dangerously, deepening the political crisis and placing the country on a path of constitutional uncertainty."/REL