The LVV asked the PDK and LDK for three names for President, as a "concrete and unifying" proposal for resolving this issue that is threatening to take the country to elections again. The leader of the LDK, Lumir Abdixhiku, presented the name of Vjosa Osmani to Albin Kurti. He asked the prime minister for a guarantee that 66 deputies of the majority would vote for him. There has been no reaction from the LVV leader yet, while deputies of the ruling party mention the new elections and repeat the request for "three names".
Express newspaper
It may have seemed that, after the parliamentary elections at the end of last year, Kosovo was moving towards a way out of the political impasse that accompanied the country throughout 2025.
But now the country appears to be heading towards new elections, once again, for the third time in about a year and a half.
After the constitution of the Assembly and the formation of the new government, the impasse now came to the election of the new President. Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party did not support President Vjosa Osmani for another term as head of state, while trying to distribute this responsibility to the opposition parties, who were accused of also not wanting her re-election.
Instead of Osman, Kurti decided in March to nominate Glauk Konjufca, his deputy in the party and in the government, for the position of head of state.
After discussions on electing the President did not go as he wanted, Kurti addressed the citizens with a video published on Facebook on Friday.
In discussions about the election of the President, Kurti on Friday evening accused the opposition parties of blocking the process. He said that the will expressed in the elections was not being respected, while warning of another blockade even after new elections.
"Since the main problem remains the need for 80 deputies for a quorum on the issue of the President, the elections will not bring a solution. The election result must be accepted and respected, because it represents the will of the citizens and the basis of democracy. The VETËVENDOSJE! (LVV) Movement has secured the majority of votes and deputies, therefore it demands that this result be taken into account in political processes and decision-making. If we go to the elections in June, and LVV with its partners (GUXO, Alternative for Minorities) does not reach 80 deputies, then we will go to the elections again in the fall or winter. Who benefits from this?!", he said.
Kurti had made offers to opposition parties, offering them the position of Speaker of the Assembly and for the post of President to go to his party.
He complained that the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Democratic League of Kosovo did not offer any names for a candidate for President in their meetings with him.
That Friday evening, the LVV held a meeting of the Presidency, and yesterday morning they came up with another idea: they asked the PDK and LDK-0 to “jointly propose three names, from which the new President of the 10th legislature could be elected.” This proposal was considered “concrete and unifying.”
The leader of the LDK, Lumir Abdixhiku, asked Kurti yesterday afternoon to determine whether he wants an agreement with this party, or "do you want 90 votes with the PDK as well."
More specifically, he said that they could nominate Vjosa Osmani if LVV guarantees 66 majority votes for him.
"Honorable Prime Minister Kurti, Since we are communicating remotely, please decide whether you want a political agreement with the LDK, or do you want 90 votes with the PDK as well. If it is the latter and you cannot do without them, then we cannot help you. When you come to an agreement, we will handle it. But, if you want a political agreement with the LDK, then talk to us. We propose the president with full responsibility. We can also propose Vjosa Osmani, if you guarantee us 66 votes for her. Thank you!", he wrote in a post on Facebook.
LVV MP Mefail Bajqinovci was the first to react with a video in which he again asked LDK and PDK for "three names for a supra-party president."
"Now is the time. Send three names. Three names are required if you have them. We withdraw our names," he said in a video posted on Facebook last night. He said "the ball is in your court," referring to the two largest opposition parties.
His fellow party member, another LVV MP, Arbëreshë Kryeziu, immediately after Bajqinovci told Abdixhiku that "I don't know if our Prime Minister Kurti will respond and when."
He reiterated the LVV's decision to seek "three names" for President, while mentioning their proposal: Glauk Konjufca. In a situation where the opposition would propose three names and LVV would retain Konjufca as its candidate, the Deputy Prime Minister and Vice-Chairman of the ruling party would receive the necessary 61 votes in the third round of voting and would be elected President.
"3 names that are unifying figures, with high civic and national integrity, with proven contribution in professional and social life, and outside the current political scene - This was the new offer of the LVV. We are convinced that after the ideal solution, i.e. Murat Jashari, the best and most capable candidate and with broad popular support for President of the Republic is Glauk Konjufca, who was voted for by 318 thousand citizens - compare this with the entire vote of the LDK, for which 126 thousand citizens voted, i.e. 2.5 times less! However, since this is being rejected because Glauk is LVV for us (what else?!), we took another step. With 3 candidates in the race that you would propose together with the PDK as the opposition, we would be clearly over 80 deputies as the threshold for a quorum. This was an offer for the opposition to take the flag for finding 3 consensual candidates, with national merit and value, while "The movement supports you to carry out this act. So, you, along with the proposal of the candidates, support us. This is an offer for a solution, and any refusal or different attitude shows that you do not want a solution, but an election," the MP wrote.
The head of the LDK parliamentary group, Jehona Lushaku, said that the LVV, which wanted names, already has a name - referring to Vjosa Osmani - and asked whether the majority MPs will vote for it.
"Did you want names? You have the name. Call him, he has 66 votes!" she wrote last night in a Facebook post.
Elvis Hoxha, a member of the LVV, said in a video published today on Facebook that the LDK "has not given" its votes for Vjosa Osmani as president.
Speaking from a cafe somewhere, he cited new parliamentary elections as a done deal, while calling the opposition a "depository of deadlock."
He also accused the media, which, according to him, "do not want Kosovo's politics to be unblocked and there to be governance."
If a new President is not elected by Tuesday, Kosovo will hold new elections within 45 days.
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