After the full counting of votes from the June 7 elections, while certification of the results is still pending, the focus has now shifted to the establishment of Kosovo’s new institutions.
In a statement to “Bota sot,” political analyst Gani Qarri called on the parties to act responsibly and engage without delay in the formation of the new state institutions.
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According to him, citizens are fed up with frequent elections and the political uncertainty that has accompanied the country.
“As for the unnecessary cycle of repeated elections, citizens have already shown that they are tired of frequent voting processes and political uncertainty in the country, while the repetition of elections clearly showed that it does not necessarily bring major political change, and their unnecessary repetition only further increases voter dissatisfaction, which clearly shows that regardless of how often voting is held and how many repeated elections take place, the only sustainable and real solution remains inter-party compromise for the creation of functional state institutions, the establishment of political and institutional stability, and moving the country forward,” he said.
Qarri assessed that the only sustainable path is compromise among the parties, with the aim of making institutions functional and guaranteeing political stability.
He also welcomed Prime Minister Kurti’s willingness to talk with opposition parties after the conclusion of the electoral process, stressing that Kosovo has an immediate need for legitimate institutions.
“With acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti expressing readiness for talks with the opposition parties immediately after the completion of the electoral process, the counting of all votes and the certification of the result of the June 7 elections, and taking into account the major delays and the urgent needs the country has for a Government and legitimate state institutions, the procedure for constituting the Assembly, forming the Government and the new state institutions of the Republic of Kosovo emerging from the 11th legislature should begin as soon as possible, in order to ensure institutional and governing stability in Kosovo,” he emphasized.
The analyst recalled that the political deadlocks and institutional blockades that lasted almost throughout the entire past year, together with the repeated elections, did not produce significant changes, and therefore, according to him, the parties should have learned the proper lesson.
“The political deadlocks and institutional blockades which lasted almost throughout the entire past year, as well as the repetition of the early elections just a few months after those of December 28, 2025, not only failed to bring changes in the ranking of the parties and showed very few differences, almost insignificant even in terms of the number of deputies, I believe political parties should have learned a sufficient lesson and this time behave more responsibly and not risk taking the country once again, after only a few months, to new early elections, exhausting for citizens, completely unnecessary for the country and very harmful to the image of the state of Kosovo,” he assessed.
Speaking about the possibility of creating institutions, he said that Vetëvendosje, together with the deputies of the non-Serb communities, could secure the votes needed to constitute the Assembly and approve the Government.
“LVV, with the 53 seats secured in the Assembly, together with deputies from the non-Serb minority, has the possibility, even after the June 7 elections, to constitute the Assembly and approve the new Government, for the formation of which 61 votes in favor are sufficient in the parliamentary session, but besides the ruling party, this time the opposition parties must finally show themselves to be more cooperative and ready to contribute to the election of the country’s president, so that Kosovo is not once again condemned to go to new early elections, with which citizens are also tired, a disappointment that was also demonstrated by the absence of a large number of them from the June 7 vote,” he stressed.
Further, Qarri warned that the continuation of political blockades could lead to an even deeper decline in citizens’ participation in elections.
“It is the decisive moment for political parties to place the state interest above party interest and to give up once and for all the deadlocks and institutional blockades; otherwise, if they have not learned from the message of the voters and the punishment by citizens in the elections of December 28, 2025, as well as these of June 7, and again try through deadlocks and political blockades to force the country to go once more to early elections, it is crystal clear that, as a sign of protest and expression of mass dissatisfaction with the irresponsible actions of political parties, the number of voters will fall even more drastically, perhaps even to such tragic proportions that it will no longer make sense to form state institutions at all,” Qarri said.
In the end, he raised the alarm over the consequences that another extraordinary electoral process could bring, pointing to the risk this would pose to the legitimacy of the institutions.
“We hope that none of the political parties will try any longer to play with the citizens’ verdict, nor knowingly endanger the continuity of our fragile state, because if no compromise is reached for the election of the president and Kosovo is once again forced by backward politics to go to extraordinary elections, the number of voters will fall even further, so that even if institutions are formed after the elections, the small number of voters participating in the elections directly implies the lack of sufficient legal support as well, thereby calling into question the constitutional strength of the functionality of institutions which may lack the legitimacy to lead the state as well, and because of the non-cooperation of the Albanian parties, Kosovo, 27 years after liberation from Serbian occupation, through the fault of discordant domestic politics, could turn into an international precedent of institutional ‘de-legitimacy,’ which would be not only colossal and indigestible damage but also an unforgivable historical shame for all Albanians,” Qarri concluded for “Bota sot.”
