Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani stated that during the meeting with leaders of parliamentary political parties, an agreement was reached to analyse all dates and relevant elements for holding regular parliamentary elections.

“This decision was not made because we need to analyse the discussions we had with the party leaders,” said Osmani during the press conference following the meeting.

According to the deadlines set by current legislation, Kosovo could hold regular elections on January 26, February 2, 9, or 16.

Osmani mentioned that the parties had different preferences regarding the date for the elections.

“There was no excessive insistence from the parties; there were more preferences… Some parties preferred January 26, while three or four others preferred February 9, and two or three others February 16. And there were other parties that had no preferences at all,” Osmani said.

She noted that they are currently within the consultation period for setting an election date.

“However, from July 26 onwards, the president gains the right to announce the elections, so the deadlines already exist,” she emphasised.

At the consultative meeting called by Osmani, neither officials from the ruling party, Vetëvendosje, nor from the main Serbian party in Kosovo, the Serb List, were present.

Asked about the absence of Vetëvendosje leader Albin Kurti from the consultative meeting, President Osmani said she does not know the reasons.

“All parties were invited at the level of party leaders, and Vetëvendosje’s deputy leader, Glauk Konjufca, expressed willingness to attend today’s meeting. However, since all parties were informed that this consultative meeting was only for party leaders, this principle was maintained for everyone, and he complied with it understandingly. The leader of Vetëvendosje was not at the meeting. We do not know the reasons. You can ask him directly. You can go to his office and ask him,” Osmani said.

Opposition parties have requested that elections be held on January 26.

The leader of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Memli Krasniqi, said his party is ready for elections on any date.

“Kosovo and our citizens need a new, responsible, credible, and capable government, one that has the knowledge and courage to bring the country back on the right path of development and European integration,” he wrote on Facebook.

Meanwhile, the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, expressed hope that President Osmani would set January 26 as the date for new elections.

“I hope that the president will use her constitutional right and heed the request of the parliamentary parties that were part of this meeting and set the election date for January 26,” he wrote on Facebook.

The year 2025 is set to be a regular election year, and if the parties decide to hold regular elections instead of early elections, then the government led by Albin Kurti will become the first government since the declaration of independence to complete a full four-year term.

For a long time, opposition parties had sought early elections, but earlier this year they failed to reach an agreement on how to proceed to elections.

Regarding the possibility of the country going to elections through the dissolution of the Assembly, Osmani said that this option “legally still exists”.

“However, the dissolution of the Assembly requires two-thirds of the votes, and whether the political parties in the Assembly have the willingness to form such a majority is up to them. Today, there did not seem to be such willingness,” she said.