Gogic: Malice and revanchism of Albanian parties could backfire

Political scientist Ognjen Gogic assessed that the Constitutional Court of Kosovo has effectively obliged Albanian parties—particularly the election winner Self Determination—to vote in the next round for a vice-president nominated by Serb List, he told RTS.

“The Constitutional Court has practically bound the Albanian parties, above all the election winner Self-Determination, to vote in the next cycle for a vice-president from the Serb List. Otherwise, the Assembly of Kosovo cannot be constituted and a government cannot be elected. So this is, in fact, a form of malice and revanchism,” Gogic said.

He added that there is a race against time, since the Kosovo Assembly must pass the budget by the end of February and elect a president by early March.

“By acting this way, Albanian parties are actually creating a problem for themselves—this could come back to them like a boomerang,” Gogic emphasized.