Five complaints over the June 7 results are still being reviewed by the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has two days left before the legal deadline expires to decide on the five complaints submitted by political entities and candidates contesting the results of the June 7 elections.

The Supreme Court said these complaints are still under review and that decisions will be completed within the deadline set by law.

“We inform you that the administrative complaints submitted to the Supreme Court against the decisions of the Electoral Panel for Complaints and Submissions-PZAP are under review. The decisions will be taken within the legal deadline of five days from the date the complaints were received.”

The Central Election Commission is also awaiting these decisions. CEC spokesperson Valmir Elezi said that if the Supreme Court rulings do not contain obligations for the CEC, then the institution will immediately proceed with certifying the final results. If the opposite happens, the obligations set by the Court will first be implemented, and only then will certification take place.

According to assessments by election process monitors, with the conclusion of the review of complaints by the Supreme Court, the legal remedies phase also ends, paving the way for the certification of the results. After this phase, neither political entities nor candidates can file any further complaints regarding the election result.

“We have interpretations and decisions of Kosovo’s Constitutional Court which have made it clear that the 30-day deadline for constituting the Assembly must begin to be counted from the day the election result is certified, and I expect the deputies of the Assembly of Kosovo, at the moment the election results are certified, to convene and consequently constitute the Assembly of Kosovo as quickly as possible because this 30-day deadline obliges them not only to schedule the session but also to complete the session within this deadline,” said Vullnet Bugaqku of the Kosovo Democratic Institute.

Bugaqku said it is still not clear what the legal consequences would be if this deadline is not respected, since this is not specified either in the Constitution or in the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure.

At this moment, the Supreme Court is reviewing the complaints of the Serb List, the New Democratic Party, as well as those of the two PDK candidates for deputy, Bekim Haxhiu and Qëndrim Kryeziu.