The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, on Saturday, eight months after the parliamentary elections, entrusted the mandate to form a new Government to the leader of the Self-Determination Movement, Albin Kurti, who has been leading the current government for months in a technical mandate.
The decision followed after the Kosovo Assembly was constituted a day earlier by electing the fifth and final deputy president from the ranks of the Serbian minority.
Osmani made the decision following the official proposal of Kurti’s movement, which won the most seats in the elections on February 9th, 48 out of a total of 120 seats.
According to the Constitution of Kosovo, Kurti has 15 days to present to the parliament the composition and program of the future government, but analysts in Pristina assess that he could face difficulties in securing a majority.
Kurti, analysts claim, must “gather” at least 13 more support votes in order to have a minimal majority and 61 raised hands for the team of ministers he proposes to the parliament.
The deputy president of the parliament and Self-Determination MP Albulena Haxhiu stated on Friday that the party is interested in finding a coalition partner to run the country.
According to her, the party is open to cooperation with all parliamentary parties and with representatives of non-Serb minorities, who have ten seats in the Assembly, while at the same time ruling out negotiations with the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Serbian List.
