Kosovo's constitutional court orders end to parliamentary deadlock

Kosovo MPs on Friday postponed a parliamentary session that would have been their 38th attempt to inaugurate a new legislature – after outgoing premier Albin Kurti summoned party chiefs to a meeting intended to find a way to break the long post-election deadlock. Kurti’s move came after Constitutional Court ruling on Thursday evening that the parliament inauguration deadlock should end within 30 days, obliging MPs to reach a consensus – more than four months after the parliamentary elections. [ . . . ] The Constitutional Court explained on Thursday evening that MPs are obliged within 30 days to “fulfill their constitutional obligation for the constituting of the parliament of the Republic of Kosovo via the election of the parliamentary speaker and deputy speakers”. The deadlock stems from the fact that although Kurti’s Vetevendosje party topped the elections in February, it did not win enough seats to get its choice for speaker installed. Opposition parties have repeatedly voted against Vetevendosje’s pick, and he has refused to compromise.
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