The Group for Legal and Political Studies (GLPS) has reacted after last night's session of the Kosovo Assembly on the election of the president, expressing "serious concern" about the way the process was conducted and assessing that it was acted in violation of the Constitution.
According to GLPS, last night's session "was held in violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, turning one of the most important state processes into a political game."
GLPS said that the Constitutional Court was clear that the presence of two-thirds of all deputies is required for the presidential vote to take place.
"The Constitutional Court, in the Judgments of cases No. KO 29/11, KO47/16 and KO68/26, has been clear that the presence of 2/3 of all deputies is required for the voting of the President," the reaction states.
"Any proceeding beyond this is not a matter of interpretation, but a direct violation of the constitutional order," GLPS declared.
In this context, GLPS has assessed that the actions taken in last night's session are invalid and that continuing the session in the same form would constitute a serious violation of the Constitution.
"Having said this, in addition to the fact that all actions taken in last night's session are 'null', GLPS assesses that the call for its continuation today in the same form constitutes a serious and unacceptable violation of the Constitution," the reaction states.
GLPS added that institutional functionality cannot be built on constitutional violations.
"Actions that ignore this regulation cannot be justified even by the need for institutional functionality, because functionality cannot be built on violations of the Constitution," the response states.
Warning of consequences for the democratic order, the organization said that relativizing constitutional requirements puts the country on a dangerous trajectory.
"Such an approach is not only irresponsible but dangerous for the democratic order, because it normalizes the violation and sets the country on a trajectory where constitutional norms are replaced by political arbitrariness," the reaction states.
GLPS has called on MPs to stop actions that, according to them, are illegal and has demanded public and institutional accountability for possible violations.
"GLPS calls on MPs to immediately stop these illegal and dangerous actions... Persons who violate the Constitution must bear full public and institutional responsibility for their actions," the reaction states.
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