US EditionKosovo president moves to dissolve Parliament for early election as country plunges into new crisis
President Vjosa Osmani called for early elections after parliament failed to elect her successor, triggering Kosovo's third general vote in just over a year amid political deadlock.
- On March 6, 2026, Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani dissolved Parliament by decree to pave the way for an early general election after MPs missed the deadline.
- Thursday evening lawmakers failed to elect a successor as the 120-member assembly lacked a quorum and missed the midnight Thursday deadline.
- Prime Minister Albin Kurti's Vetevedosje party won most votes but could not secure support for its preferred presidential pick, and Kurti blamed the failure on an opposition boycott after forming a government with ethnic minority groups.
- Osmani said she will announce the election date after consulting political parties and the Constitutional Court could rule and affect the process.
- The fresh election risks further stalling talks with Serbia, which never recognized Kosovo's independence, returning the Balkan nation to a political crisis after last year's inconclusive vote and December snap poll.
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This is one of the expected moves, considering the fact that Albin Kurti obviously understood, but did not want to acknowledge, which is the importance that Vjosa Osmani had for his first coming to power. She and her group of citizens provided important support at that time - political analyst Dušan Janjić tells Danas about the decree issued by Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani to dissolve the Assembly after the unsuccessful presidential election.
In Kosovo, the President-in-Office of the Council, Mr Osmani, has dissolved Parliament and called for new elections.
Lawyer Faton Fetahu has assessed that it is an indisputable fact that the election of the President failed within the deadline of no later than 30 days before the end of the current President's term. Fetahu, through a post on the social network Facebook, wrote that it is also an indisputable fact that the 60-day deadline for the development of the procedure for the election of the President, according to Article 82 (3), began to run from January…
Kosovo President dissolves Parliament, paves way for Balkan countrys 3rd election in a year - The Tribune
The development comes after the country's parliament failed to elect a new president to replace Osmani, who assumed office in 2021. In December last year the Balkan country held snap elections after a nearly yearlong political deadlock.
In Kosovo, early parliamentary elections are due again. The reason is an escalated dispute over the next head of state.
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