Albulena Haxhiu, Deputy Speaker of the Kosovo Assembly, said on Wednesday that Vetëvendosje has submitted its comments to the Constitutional Court regarding the Serb List’s complaint over the election of the Assembly’s vice presidents.
Speaking at a press conference, Haxhiu insisted that Kosovo is “a unitary state, not a multiethnic one” and that “no one has a veto over Kosovo’s institutions,” Pristina-based Koha reports.
“First of all, I want to emphasize that our state is unitary, not multiethnic. This model regulates our democratic republic. In our independent state since 2008, no ethnic, gender or social group has a veto over the institutions that establish the republic. We citizens are equal parties,” she said.
Haxhiu stressed that the Ahtisaari Plan, which preceded Kosovo’s constitution, “provided for reserved seats for non-majority communities, but not veto powers.” According to Koha, she noted that Kosovo’s constitution deliberately avoided granting veto rights to community MPs to ensure the functionality of institutions.
She added that Vetëvendosje has called on the Constitutional Court to reject the Serb List’s request, describing the temporary measure issued by the court as unacceptable. According to her, the Serb List represents “a direct threat to the stability and democracy of Kosovo.”
Last Friday, the Constitutional Court imposed a temporary measure barring MPs from taking action or initiating any procedure to form a new government of Kosovo. The measure was issued ex officio and based on a request from Serb List MPs.
In late August, the Assembly elected its president and four of its five vice presidents, splitting the vote for vice presidents from non-majority communities. None of the MPs from the Serbian community received enough votes to become Assembly vice president, but the newly elected president, Dimal Basha, declared the Assembly constituted.
Following this decision, the largest Serbian political entity in Kosovo, Serb List, filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court, claiming that Basha’s decision violated the constitution by separating the vote for vice presidents from non-majority communities, the same outlet reported.
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