Prishtina, 13 September 2026, dtt-net.com – The Parliament of Kosovo, dominated by the biggest party Vetevendosje (LVV) and its ally parties, was declared “constituted” today and was followed with voting of new-old government of LVV’s leader Albin Kurti after June early elections, but two opposition parties say the Constitutional Court must intervene citing breach of 30-day deadline ruled last year by the top court for constitution of legislative body which expired on August 7 and other related breaches.
At the same time, non-election of country’s President amid divisions between the LVV and opponent parties, is a second situation which says that the country is moving to new elections again later this year.
Today the parliament voted for 3 more deputy speakers, after voting two days ago for LVV deputy speaker Ardian Gola.
Without electing deputy speaker from PDK, whose MPs refused to attend and propose their candidate Vlora Çitaku, who two days ago was not approved for the post because of LVV votes against, the Speaker from the LVV Albulena Haxhiu went on with the voting on LDK candidate Kujtim shala, who was voted for the post with 75 votes in favour, 4 against and 1 abstention.
The PDK today refused to attend resumption of session and re-propose its MP for the post.
Tanja Vujovic of Serbia-backed Serb List was electedwith 62 votes, 6 against, 3 abstentions, after previously LVV and its ally MPs voted against 7 MPs proposed by the Serb List for the post.
Emilja Redzepi from Bosniak minority got 70 votes for the post.
Haxhiu declared the parliament as “constituted” without electing deputy speaker from the second biggest party, the PDK.
Haxhiu, who at the same time holds the post of Acting President of Kosovo, after declaring the parliament “constituted”, mandated LVV’s leader and caretaker prime minister Albin Kurti for prime minister post and resumed the session in the afternoon.
LDK and the PDK lawmakers refused to attend the voting of Kurti’s new-old team, on top of the AAK party lawmakers who have stopped attend constitutive session of parliament since the 30-day deadline expired on August 7.
LVV and its partner parties of minorities and the Serbia-backed Serb List attended the voting on Kurti’s government.
70 lawmakers attended the voting, with 62 of them voting in favour, and 8 of Serb List MPs present voting against.
The two sessions of today, are contested by PDK and the AAK opposition parties.
The PDK MP Perparim Gruda said in a press conference that the parliament cannot be considered constituted, because of expiration of 30-day deadline, and then again without electing deputy speaker from PDK ranks.
The PDK said it will address the Constitutional Court over what happened today in the parliament, after expiration of deadline of August 7.
Gruda also said that party’s complain to the top court will also include the that fact that some of the LVV lawmakers who voted today on both, election of deputy speakers and Kurti’s new-old cabinet, at the same time still held seats in the caretaker cabinet, which he recalled is in breach of the Constitution and the law on government.
Kurti as the caretaker PM and a total of 14 ministers from his party held double posts, while all certified and took oath as members of Parliament after June 7 early elections.
Four other ministers of LVV ally parties of minorities are in the same positions, which all 19 voting today in the parliament for deputy speakers posts and new-old government while holding double posts.
The Acting President Albulena Haxhiu (LVV) is the 16th MP of the LVV holding double post too.
The AAK has also said it will address the top court over refusal of Kurti and LVV to respect court’s 30-day deadline ruling for constitution of Parliament. The party has already filed a complain to the top court over double posts of Kurti and his associates.
Local observers too say that the top court is expected to declare constitutive session of parliament in breach of its ruling of 2025, thus paving the way to new elections.
While the LVV of Kurti considers the parliament constituted and election of new-old government regular, and awaiting verdicts of the top court to the filings of opposition parties, the country is still without a President, as divisions over a consensual candidate continue.
Non-election of country’s Parliament is the second reason why the country is moving to new elections, as the Acting President, in this case Haxhiu, cannot hold the post after October 4, which is the 6-month period of being at temporary seat, without a new President being elected.
June 7 elections took place, because of non-election of new President, amid lack of compromise between Kurti and opposition parties following December 2025 elections.
The former diplomat and former member of Constitutional Court, Bekim Sejdiu, on whom Kurti and LDK’s leader Lumir Abdixhiku agreed earlier this month for the top post, is not supported by 6 LDK lawmakers.
Without support of all 18 LDK lawmakers, the quorum of 80 lawmakers in the 120-seat legislative body cannot be reached, as the LVV and its partner parties of some of parties from minorities have 62 votes all together, which means with 12 LDK MPs they would have a presence of 74 lawmakers only.
The PDK and AAK also refuse to support Sejdiu for the post, as they say his name is agreed only by leaders of two parties and as such is not a consensual candidate of all parliamentary parties.
The LVV and the 12 LDK MPs, would not expect that the Serbia-backed Serb List would enable quorum with their 9 lawmakers, and the two parties would not want to elect a new president with support or quorum enabled by Serbia-backed Serb List.
