48th attempt to constitute Assembly in Pristina has been unsuccessful

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The constitutive session of the provisional institutions' Assembly in Pristina was suspended today for the 48th time, as the Self-Determination proposal to hold a secret vote to elect the president of the Assembly was rejected.

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The Democratic League of Kosovo, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo and the Serb List refused to proposed members for a commission that would have overseen the secret ballot.

51 out of the 100 deputies present voted in favor of forming the commission.

The session is scheduled to continue on July 19.

The constitutive session began on April 15,  and has since then been suspended dozens of times, because the opposition is not accepting Self-Determination's proposals.

Self-Determination insists that the vote be secret and is not giving up on Albulena Haxhiu as its candidate, although six attempts to elect her failed, after which the idea to make the vote secret was introduced.

The so-called constitutional court of Kosovo issued a judgement on June 26 according to which the deputies are under obligation to conclude the constitutive session within 30 days at the latest, by electing the Assembly president and their deputy.

Based on the results of the elections held on February 9, no party has enough mandates to form a government on its own.

The Self-Determination has 48 seats, the Democratic Party of Kosovo 24, the Democratic League of Kosovo 20, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo and the Nisma initiative eight each, the Serb List nine, the Party for Freedom, Justice and Survival one, while the remaining 10 mandates belong to representatives of other non-majority communities.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)