Adnan Rrustemi: Opposition is keeping Kosovo in a constant state of deadlock

LVV MP Adnan Rrustemi has said that Kosovo has been experiencing a political deadlock since the February 9, 2025 elections.

Rrustemi claims that the opposition initially obstructed the establishment of new institutions and later blocked the election of the president as well. According to him, even the agreement reached between LVV and LDK on the candidacy of Prof. Bekim Sejdiu was not supported by six LDK MPs.

He warned that the continuation of this situation could send Kosovo back to the polls. Rrustemi accuses the opposition of seeking to prevent Albin Kurti from governing.

In his post, Rrustemi listed the political developments that, according to him, have led to this situation:

After the completion of a full four-year term, regular elections were held on February 9, 2025.

According to him, from February 2025 until November 2025, the opposition blocked efforts to allow LVV to govern. He noted that the election of Albulena Haxhiu as speaker of the Assembly was obstructed for several months, while later neither Albin Kurti for prime minister nor Glauk Konjufca received support.

As a result, Kosovo went to new elections.

On December 28, 2025, LVV won the elections with an even more convincing result.

After the constitution of the Assembly and the formation of the government, the opposition, according to Rrustemi, shifted the blockade to the election of the president, which required 80 votes in the ballot box.

LVV asked opposition parties to propose names that could receive its support, but they did not put forward a single name. LVV then proposed a nonpartisan figure, Feride Rushiti, but that candidacy was also rejected.

After this, Kosovo went to the polls again.

On June 7, 2026, LVV once again won convincingly.

After lengthy discussions, LVV and LDK reached an agreement on the candidacy of Prof. Bekim Sejdiu for president. However, six LDK MPs did not accept the agreement.

Consequently, according to Rrustemi, Kosovo may face elections once again.

He stated that from February 9, 2025, until September 2026, the country has effectively remained in the same state of opposition blockade. Rrustemi claims that political opponents do not want Albin Kurti to govern and seek to make decisions regardless of the will of the citizens, which he considers impossible.