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Kosova2025-09-30 15:53:00

Blockade in the Kosovo Assembly, the Constitutional Court publishes the decision: The deputy speaker must be elected within 12 days!

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Blockade in the Kosovo Assembly, the Constitutional Court publishes the

The Constitutional Court has published the decision regarding the blockade in the Kosovo Assembly.

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly has not ended without the election of the Serbian deputy speaker.

The deputies were also asked to elect a vice-president from this community within 12 days, according to the deadline from the previous verdict.

Announcement:

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo, on September 30, 2025, decided on the request KO265/25, regarding the assessment of the constitutionality of the "Minutes of the Sessions of the Assembly of Kosovo", as well as the decisions issued within the framework of the Constitutive Session on August 26 and 28, 2025, submitted by Igor Simic and 9 (nine) other deputies of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, based on paragraph 5 of Article 113 [Jurisdiction and Authorized Parties] of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo.

The court, unanimously, decided:

To declare the request admissible;

To ascertain that the Constituent Session of the Assembly, which began on 15 April 2025, has not been concluded as a result of the failure to elect the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly from among the deputies of the Serbian community, and the Assembly has not been constituted in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 66 [Election and Mandate] and paragraphs 1 and 4 of Article 67 [Election of the Speaker and Deputy Speakers] of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo;

To order that the Constituent Session of the Assembly be concluded within the time limit set forth in paragraph 1 of Article 66 [Election and Mandate] of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo and pursuant to the Court's Judgment in cases KO193/25 and KO196/25, respectively within the remaining time limit of 12 (twelve) days from the entry into force of this Judgment;

To order all elected members of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, in accordance with Article 4 [Form of Government and Separation of Powers], Article 7 [Values], paragraph 4 of Article 67 [Election of the President and Vice-Presidents] and Article 74 [Exercise of Function] of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, that during the procedure for the election of the Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo from among the members of the Serbian community, they shall exercise their constitutional function in the best interest of the Republic of Kosovo and in accordance with the Constitution and the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly;

To continue the interim measure, which entered into force on 5 September 2025, until the entry into force of this Judgment;

To notify this Judgment to the parties;

To publish this Judgment in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Kosovo, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 20 (Decisions) of Law No. 03/L-121 on the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo;

To determine that this Judgment shall enter into force on the day of its publication by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo and notification to the parties, except for point V of the enacting clause, which shall enter into force immediately.

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