Temporary measure of constitutional court in Pristina regarding Assembly expires tomorrow

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The temporary measure issued by the constitutional court in Pristina on September 5, which prohibits members of the assembly from taking any action or decision, and suspends the procedure for forming the government, expires tomorrow.

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The measure was issued after the Serb List filed a complaint and requested an assessment of the constitutionality of the election of the vice-president of the assembly from non-majority communities.

Although the assembly of the provisional Pristina institutions did not elect a vice-president from the Serb community, the president of the assembly, Dimal Basha, announced that the constitutive session had concluded.

The vice-president from the Serb community was not elected because the majority of deputies refused to support Slavko Simic, whose name was put forward by the Serb List, which has the right to propose a candidate for vice-president because it has nine out of the 10 parliamentary seats guaranteed to Serbs.

Basha also separated the voting for the vice-president from the Serb community and the vice-president from the ranks of other non-majority communities, which is contrary to the constitution and rules of procedure of the assembly in Pristina.

On August 30, Serb List deputies submitted a complaint to the constitutional court due to a serious violation of the rights of the Serb people during the assembly sessions in Pristina.

"Constitutional and democratic principles have been grossly violated, and the Serb people have been prevented from realizing their guaranteed rights," stated the Serb List.

The biggest Serb party in Kosovo and Metohija requested that the court reacts urgently and takes all necessary measures to protect the rule of law, as well as the rights of the Serb people in line with valid legal acts.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)