Self-Determination a step away from forming government in Pristina, talks with minorities to follow

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Self-Determination leader Albin Kurti is close to forming his second government in just one year.

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Pristina's Central Election Commission announced on Thursday that his movement will have 58 seats out of 120 in the new Assembly, meaning Kurti needs three more votes to become prime minister again.

Kurti is convinced that he will have more than 61 deputies on his side, and as he announced, his government will have the support of two minority deputies - Bosniak Emil Rexhepi and Egyptian Elbert Krasniqi, and "some others."

Who else will enter the coalition arrangement will be influenced by calculations around the election of the president of the temporary institutions in Pristina, which will soon be on the agenda. Kurti wants to see Vlosa Osmani in that chair, and in order for that to happen, they will need much greater support in the Assembly, at least 80 deputies.

The Serb List has won all ten seats guaranteed for the Serb community, receiving with 44,404 votes, while GI "For Freedom, Justice and Survival" and the Serbian Democratic Alliance did not enter the Assembly.

According to the Commission, the Democratic Party of Kosovo was in second place after Self-Determination and will have 19 deputies, followed by the Democratic League of Kosovo led by Isa Mustafa with 15 seats and Ramush Haradinaj's Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, which has eight seats. The remaining ten seats belong to Romanis, Ashkalis, Egyptians, Bosniaks, Turks.

Consultations with parties on the appointment of prime minister designate have not started yet, and there is no set deadline for how long they must last. When the name of the PM designate is announced, they will have 15 days to present their cabinet to the Assembly.

At this time, it is uncertain what stance the Serb List will take towards the candidate for prime minister, who will apparently be Kurti. On Thursday, they did not want to speak about that issue, and according to Kurti's earlier statements, he does not want to form a majority with representatives of the Serb List.

Nevertheless, according to the Kosovo constitution, Serbs are guaranteed the right to one vice-president of the Assembly, one minister, as well as two deputy ministers.

During the vote on Kurti's cabinet last February, the Serb List abstained and then had two ministers in that government. As early as in March, the government collapsed and the Serb List gave its contribution to that with all ten votes, which is why Kurti now resents them.

(Telegraf.rs)