
The Kosovo Assembly failed once again to elect a new president. Today, the last session will be held at 10:00 to vote for the new head of state. If the parties do not agree on the successor to Vjosa Osmani, the Assembly will be dissolved and within 45 days Kosovo will hold new parliamentary elections.
The opposition yesterday decided to boycott the extraordinary session while only 64 deputies out of the 80 needed for the session were present in the hall. In the last vote, the candidacy of the Vetëvendosje Movement, Feride Rushiti, received 63 votes, while Hatixhe Hoxha did not receive any votes. One vote was declared invalid.
Meanwhile, Vetëvendosje's two initial candidates for the post of president, Glauk Konjufca and Fatime Mulhaxha-Kollçaku, officially withdrew from the race after 2 failed rounds.
The opposition described the session as a "political spectacle," while Prime Minister Albin Kurti blames them for the failure, saying that the opposition has not taken any concrete initiative to elect a new president.