Kurti invites LDK for coalition with LVV

The leader of the Vetevendosje Movement (LVV), who is also the acting Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, wrote a letter to the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) on May 5, inviting him to reach a political agreement between the two parties.

Kurti has invited Lumir Abdixhiku to form a governing coalition with LVV and LDK, which would pave the way for unblocking the Kosovo Assembly and forming a new Kosovo Government.

The letter, which Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty obtained, was made public after the failure of the eleventh attempt to constitute the Assembly.

"I am interested and willing to reach a political agreement with the LDK," Kurti wrote in his letter.

Kurti told Abdixhiku that "coalitions are made precisely between those who have differences", while writing that he is convinced that "LDK voters today mostly prefer a coalition with LVV".

"LVV voters also mostly prefer a coalition with LDK. Why not do it," Kurti said in the letter to Abdixhiku.

The leader of the LVV, in the letter, did not rule out his party's willingness to go to new elections, but said that they would also lead to a coalition between the LVV and the LDK.

"Why do it later, when we can do it now?" Kurti asked Abdxhik.

The LDK has not yet commented on Kurti's invitation.

Earlier, on Monday, LDK MP Arben Gashi said that the blockage of the Assembly is a consequence of the lack of cooperation between LVV and parties that were once in opposition.

He said that "there is no trust between political parties" and that this "is regrettable".

According to him, trust can be achieved "only with concrete actions from Kurti."

He has demanded that Kurti apologize "for offensive language and degrading behavior," and take responsibility for the state of the country today.

On Monday, for the eleventh time in a row, the deputies of the Assembly of Kosovo failed to constitute the ninth parliamentary composition, resulting from the February elections.

Lawmakers refused for the third time in a row to form a committee for a secret ballot for the new head of the legislative body.

In the continuation of the constitutive session, on Monday, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Serbian List again refused to propose a representative who would ensure the smooth conduct of the secret ballot.

The constitutive session will continue on Wednesday, at 10:00.

MPs from parties that were in opposition in the previous legislature say that the way the Vetëvendosje Movement (LVV) is attempting to have the speaker of parliament voted through a secret ballot is unconstitutional.

AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj has warned that MPs may appeal to the Constitutional Court.

So far, MPs have only passed two items on the agenda of the constitutive session: the report of the Temporary Committee for the Verification of Mandates and the oath of MPs.

But the process has stalled at the third point: the election of the speaker of parliament.

The nomination for speaker of parliament is the exclusive right of the winner of the elections, LVV, but in six votes, its candidate, Albulena Haxhiu, has not managed to receive the necessary votes, namely 61.

The parties opposing Haxhiu's name for parliamentary speaker have asked LVV to change its proposal for the position, so that the process can be unblocked./rel