EU calls for rapid formation of Kosovo's new institutions

2025-10-01 14:16:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

The European Union Ambassador to Kosovo, Aivo Orav, said that the international community is analyzing the decision published by the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, while calling on political parties to form new institutions as soon as possible.

"We are currently analyzing it, but of course our hope is that the Assembly will be constituted as soon as possible and we hope to have a government with a full mandate as soon as possible ," Orav said during a statement to the media.

A day earlier, the Constitutional Court published the announcement of its decision regarding the Assembly issue, stating that the legislative body has not been constituted, as the new Speaker of the Assembly, Dimal Basha, had alleged at the end of August.

The Constitutional Court said that the Assembly is not considered constituted without the election of the Deputy Speaker from among the Serbian community.

"Please, constitute the Assembly and please form a government," he appealed to the European bloc's ambassador to Kosovo.

The Constitutional Court said that the constitutive session has not ended and must end within 12 days.

The full Constitutional Court judgment has not yet been published and only after its publication will the 12-day deadline begin.

The highest court in Kosovo made this decision following a complaint by the Serbian List regarding the separate voting of candidates for deputy presidents of the Kosovo Assembly from among minorities.

Emilija Rexhepi has been elected Deputy Speaker of the Assembly from the non-Serb minority, while no Serb MP has secured the necessary votes for the position reserved for this minority, despite several rounds of voting.

The Serbian Political List believes that the Speaker of the Assembly, Dimal Basha, did not act fairly when he unilaterally declared the Assembly constituted without the Serbian Deputy Speaker being elected.

After accepting the complaint, the Constitutional Court imposed a temporary measure, which prohibited the deputies from taking action towards the formation of the new Government until September 30, as there were suspicions of a constitutional violation.

The Constitutional Court said that the temporary measure will remain in force./ REL