Democratic League of Kosovo MP Armend Zemaj has stated that the lack of will from the Vetëvendosje Movement is making it difficult to elect a president, warning that the country could head towards elections if a consensus is not reached.
Zemaj, in an interview with Ekonomia Online, said that the Vetëvendosje Movement lacks political will to elect a president.
"But if there is no solution within the deadline that has already been given and the days are just passing, we are closer to elections than a solution that is being seen. Because in the absence of the will of the majority party, it seems that there is no interest in having a president at this stage, or a president as requested and required by the Constitution, which is a consensual president and who represents all citizens of the Republic of Kosovo," said Zemaj.
The MP said that LDK does not support party candidates and that such a thing brings an undesirable system to Kosovo.
"If there is an insistence on a party president, we have opposed it and have said that the Democratic League of Kosovo does not want to give Kosovo a president who is party-based, above all the rule with three positions, since then we would move to an undesirable system for our Republic," he said.
Zemaj said that LDK has contributed sufficiently to this process, calling on LVV to offer a solution.
"LDK has given all its possibilities to this process: first with meetings, with consultations, above all with ideas, but also with proposals if there is a classic political agreement. We have no other option, but we call on the parliamentary majority to offer a solution and provide consensus for the election of the country's president," he said.
The Constitutional Court published the full judgment regarding Osman's decree issued on March 6, ruling that if within 34 days, from March 25 when the judgment entered into force, the deputies do not elect the president, the Assembly will be dissolved.
According to the decision, after the 'ex constitutione' dissolution (automatic dissolution based on the Constitution) of the legislative body, Kosovo must hold new elections within 45 days.
In her ruling, the Constitutional Court said that the Assembly of Kosovo is dissolved in three cases: if the Government is not formed within 60 days from the date of the appointment of the mandate by the president, if 2/3 of all deputies vote for the dissolution of the Assembly, and if within 60 days from the date of the start of the election procedure, the President of Kosovo is not elected.
"The court, taking into account the specific context of the circumstances of the constitution of the Assembly on February 11, 2026, assessed that the Assembly did not have sixty 60 days at its disposal, within which period the procedure for electing the president should have been completed," the Constitutional Court's decision stated.
According to the Constitutional Court, the procedure for electing the president, "which cannot last more than 60 days", must be completed "no later than 30 days before the end of the current president's term".
"These two deadlines are interconnected, in such a way that the procedure must take place within the 60-day limit and end with the election of the president no later than 30 days before the end of the current president's term," the decision said.
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