(19 Apr 2025)
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Pristina, Kosovo – 19 April 2025
1. Wide of Kosovo parliament exterior
2. Close of Kosovo parliament sign
3. Wide of parliament in session
4. Various of Kosovo outgoing PM Albin Kurti talking to MPs
5. Close of Kosovo flag
6. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Avni Dehari, Kosovan MP:
"I ask the deputies to declare by a show of hands for the proposed candidate for Speaker of the Assembly, Mrs. Albulena Haxhiu. Who is for?”
7. Pan right to left showing MPs voting
8. Kurti voting
9. Wide of parliament session
10. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Avni Dehari, Kosovan MP:
“Based on the count, 57 votes are in favour, 19 are against and 3 abstentions, the proposal does not pass. The session is suspended for 48 hours, see you on Monday at 3:00 p.m.”
11. MPs leaving chamber
STORYLINE:
Kosovo on Saturday failed to elect a speaker of the newly sworn-in Assembly, a process which may take the country into a prolonged legislative crisis.
All parties who won seats in the Feb. 9 election voted unanimously in favor of taking up their mandates, opening the way to the election of the new speaker and deputy speakers.
The left-wing Self-Determination Movement, or Vetevendosje!, of acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti won 48 out of 120 seats in the election, falling short of the majority needed to elect a new speaker or to form a cabinet on its own.
In 2021, the party won 58 seats.
The Vetevendosje! nominee for speaker, Albulena Haxhiu, was defeated in two successive ballots, with 57 votes, falling short of the 61 needed in a 120-seat parliament.
Parliament is due to convene on Monday, but without a speaker in place, the procedure for the session is unclear.
The Constitution has not set the length of time needed for electing the new speaker.
AP video by Florent Bajrami
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