Miskeljin: Kurti is buying time, he needs room to maneuver to secure a parliamentary majority

Marko Miskeljin, associate of the Center for Social Stability, assessed that the latest postponement of the constitution of the Kosovo parliament should be interpreted as part of a tactic and an attempt by the Self-Determination Movement to “buy time” in order to secure the necessary majority to form a new government.

“All upcoming moves by Self-Determination should be seen as part of a strategy, because they lack enough MPs compared to the previous term to independently form a government. They need more room to maneuver and, above all, more time,” Miskeljin told Kosovo Online.

He believes that this is why Albin Kurti is trying, in every way possible, to exploit all ambiguities in Kosovo’s laws, especially when it comes to forming the parliament.

“All of this should be interpreted as Self-Determination buying time. Whether a deal is likely remains uncertain at this point,” Miskeljin clarified.

He believes the motivation behind this could be either to secure a majority or to head into new elections with a government in a technical (caretaker) mandate.

“Even if they counted on all ten MPs from the non-Serb minority communities, they would still be three votes short. That is not easy to make up, and for that, they need time and more room to maneuver. When we talk about their desire to remain in a technical mandate for as long as possible, that is absolutely certain. Ideally, they would want to remain in that role until some future elections. One of the ways the current deadlock over forming a majority in the assembly could be resolved is to go to new elections, and it is clear that this is not in Self-Determination’s interest. However, it would be much easier for them to accept if they were the ones in the caretaker government overseeing the elections,” Miskeljin said.