The presiding officer of Kosovo’s constitutive parliamentary session, Avni Dehari, stated that there is no need for a consultative meeting with parliamentary parties ahead of tomorrow’s session, KosovaPress reports.
Dehari, the oldest-serving MP from the Vetëvendosje Movement, reaffirmed that the party’s candidate for Speaker of the Assembly remains MP Albulena Haxhiu.

The Assembly is scheduled to continue its constitutive session on Friday at 10:00, marking the sixth attempt to elect the leadership of the country’s highest legislative body.
Dehari emphasized again that Vetëvendosje has not withdrawn Haxhiu’s candidacy for Speaker of the Assembly.

Regarding the potential involvement of President Vjosa Osmani in resolving the institutional deadlock, Dehari noted that if needed, the head of state could call the parliamentary parties for consultations.

Civil society groups in Kosovo have echoed this request, urging President Osmani to convene party leaders in order to find a solution for the constitution of the Assembly following the February 9 elections.

KosovaPress has also sent questions to the Office of the President regarding a possible invitation to political parties to help resolve the issue, but no response has been received so far.

Nonetheless, President Osmani had already left this possibility open in a letter sent to the presiding officer of the constitutive session on April 16, following the first failed attempt to vote on the verification of MPs’ mandates.