After the CEC certifies the results, the constitutional deadlines for establishing the new institutions begin tomorrow, Eugen Cakolli of KDI announced.
He explained that the 30-day period for holding and successfully concluding the constitutive session of the Assembly begins on July 9 and ends on August 7, 2026. According to him, this session must be convened by Albulena Haxhiu, in her capacity as acting President.
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Cakolli stressed that if this does not happen within the specified deadline, the Assembly convenes itself on the thirtieth day.
Before the constitutive session is held, Albulena Haxhiu, in her capacity as Speaker of the previous legislature, must call the preparatory meeting with the leaders of the 15 political entities that have secured seats in the Assembly. This meeting must be held no later than five days before the session and is intended to prepare the agenda, as well as determine the seating of MPs in the chamber according to their political entities.
Until the Speaker of the Assembly is elected, the constitutive session will be chaired by the oldest MP, Avni Dehari of LVV, with the assistance of the youngest MP, Fatma Taçi of KDTP.
According to him, the course of proceedings in this session is already defined. First, the Temporary Committee for Verification of Quorum and Mandates is established and its report is approved by a majority vote. Then the MPs take the oath, followed by the vote for the Speaker of the Assembly, and finally the deputy speakers are elected.
Cakolli said that the proposal for Speaker of the Assembly belongs to LVV, as the largest parliamentary entity, while the election is made with at least 61 votes. If the same candidate fails to secure the votes after three attempts, then another name must be proposed. He also clarified that the vote for Speaker must be open, except in cases where there is consensus to change the voting method.
After the Speaker is elected, the Assembly continues with the selection of five deputy speakers. Three of them are proposed by the three largest parliamentary entities, LVV, PDK and LDK. One deputy speaker is proposed by the MPs of the Serb community, namely by LS, while another is proposed by MPs from the other non-majority communities. All must receive at least 61 votes. In principle, the deputy speakers should be voted on as a package. At least the three deputy speakers proposed by the largest parliamentary entities can be put to a joint vote, while the two deputy speakers from the non-majority communities can be voted on separately.
He underlined that the Assembly is considered constituted only after both the Speaker and all five deputy speakers have been elected.
According to Cakolli, only after the constitution of the Assembly is fully completed do two separate constitutional processes open: the one for forming the Government and the one for electing the President.
He stressed that these two procedures do not exclude one another and that neither the Constitution nor the rulings of the Constitutional Court make the formation of the Government conditional on the prior election of the President.
