Kosovo’s current Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, clearly won Kosovo’s early elections on Sunday with 49% of the votes and 93.43% of the ballots examined, according to the Central Electoral Commission. In second place is the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) with 21%, followed by the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) with 13.9% and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) with 5.8%.
This result means that Self-Determination, the nationalist party of the ruling government, could improve its results in the February elections, when it reached 42.3%, while the opposition in general had seen its support reduced. These funds are reserved for the ethnic minorities of the former Serbian province, which proclaimed its independence in February 2008, entrusting them to the Serbokosovars and the rest to others, such as Romanians and Bosnians. The distribution of funds in Parliament will be fundamental to knowing whether self-determination is now around the absolute majority and can govern with the support of minority representatives, with the exception of Serbokosovar.
Kosovo’s President, Vjosa Osmani, and Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, faced early parliamentary elections intended to free the territory from institutional paralysis due to the absence of a political consensus that has underpinned relations with the European Union and the United States.
Without absolute town hall and in an environment of animation, Kurti failed to form a government and the Parliament was even paralyzed, a circumstance that President Osmani regretted after voting in the capital, Pristina.
“I am convinced that all political parties will find a way to progress so that we have functional and fully legitimate institutions,” Osmani stressed. “I hope that the results will lead to the rapid constitution of a Parliament and the election of a government, necessary for important internal and international processes in Kosovo,” he added in comments to Kosovar media.
After also voting in the Kosovar capital, Kurti also expressed his desire that the outcome of the protests would lead, if necessary, to the rapid formation of a government among the citizens. “I thank citizens for their participation and the patience they have shown throughout this period,” he said.
One of his great rivals, the president of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Bedri Hamza, and the young leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Lumir Abdixhiku, speak in almost the same terms: a call for participation and a commitment to do everything in his power to free the country from political stagnation. Europeanist Abidixhiku launched a message “for stability, for a Euro-Atlantic future of Kosovo” and against “the sadness, the blockade and the division that accompanied us these years”.
The Central Election Commission achieved a turnout of 45%, lower than February’s votes, and ensured that the vote took place without significant incidents. These are the seventh parliamentary elections held in Kosovo since its unilateral independence, a decision that was recognized neither by Serbia nor by five European Union (EU) states: Spain, Romania, Greece, Slovakia and Cyprus.
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