Kosovo, Albin Kurti in charge of forming the new government

Three and a half months after the elections of the 6th of October, in Kosovo there is approaching the midst of difficulties and vetoes cross to the formation of a new government. The president of the Republic, Hashim Thaci, has today conferred with Albin Kurti, the leader of the party of the left-wing nationalist Vetevendosje (self-Determination), winner of the election, the mandate to form the new executive. Kurti will now have 15 days to choose his government team.

Kurti is currently negotiating for months with Isa Mustafa, leader of the democratic League of Kosovo (Ldk, centre-right), the party finished second in elections to form a new government, but so far no agreement has been reached yet. If there is no agreement, the president Thaci could give the job to another political personality, and, in the final instance, call for new early parliamentary elections. The difficulties in the negotiation between Kurti and Mustafa, in particular regarding the distribution of ministerial positions and the request of the leader of the Ldk that his party is assured the post of the next president of the Republic, at the expiration of the mandate of Hashim Thaci, the next year. And on the appointment of the president of the Parliament. And it is here that you play the real game between the two political forces: the 26 December last, the day of the official inauguration of the new Parliament, Vetevendosje had failed to assign the presidency to a representative, Glauk Konjufca, with the support of the Ldk. That, only a few days later, he claimed, however, for him that position.