Vujinovic: Vjosa Osmani’s claims are new pressure on the Constitutional Court of Kosovo

Security studies researcher Nikola Vujinovic stated that the comments made by Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani on the Constitutional Court’s decision represent political pressure on the Court’s future ruling.

“This is definitely pressure on the Constitutional Court. It could have been just a statement to the media that the comments were submitted, but there was a need to politically explain why those comments were given. That shows an attempt to pressure the Constitutional Court so that, after the deadline expires, it issues a decision favorable to Self-Determination and Vjosa Osmani,” Vujinovic told Kosovo Online.

Earlier today, Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani announced at an extraordinary press conference that she had “submitted comments and positions to the Constitutional Court regarding the constitution of parliament,” assessing that, despite the absence of a vice president from the Serb community, the Assembly had nonetheless been constituted.

Vujinovic said that Osmani’s move was expected and that he sees it as part of a “joint game” with caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

“This is all one joint game of Albin Kurti and President Osmani to further prolong the entire process of constituting Kosovo’s institutions. On the other hand, it is also an excellent opportunity to strike once again at the so-called ‘political Serbs,’ because that way they gain political points,” Vujinovic told Kosovo Online.

He added that the matter is political rather than legal.

“The fact that you are bold enough to ‘hit’ even the Constitutional Court—which until just a few weeks ago you considered the ‘alpha and omega’ of resolving the parliamentary crisis—shows that this is nothing more than politicking,” Vujinovic argued.

He noted that Osmani is correct in saying that the Constitutional Court’s interim decision has led to the Assembly being blocked, but he stressed that the Court’s decision was nevertheless correct.

“The Serb List did not get its vice president, the Serbian people did not get their vice president, and therefore the parliament cannot be constituted. It is blocked, and blocked it remains. Now, whether we describe this as the fault of the Serbs, of Vjosa Osmani, of Kurti, or of the Constitutional Court, is simply a matter of perspective. The essence is that the crisis continues,” Vujinovic emphasized.