Kurti: After the certification of the results, we will begin forming the new institutions; the elections were not necessary

Kosovo’s acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, said the country had not needed the June 7 elections, arguing that the result itself confirms this and that citizens have once again clearly expressed their will.

At the government’s first in-person meeting after the snap elections, Kurti said: “We are meeting in person after the early parliamentary elections of February 7. Allow me to congratulate the citizens on a regular, free and democratic electoral process. Kosovo did not need these elections, and this result proves it, as we said and repeated before they took place.”

He stressed that, as soon as the result is certified, work and talks will begin on creating the new institutions.

“Be that as it may, the citizens once again spoke clearly. The result must be accepted and respected, and the will of the people must be implemented and translated into functional, democratic institutions, engaged and committed to development and well-being, education and healthcare, security and defense, industry and production, major infrastructure investments, from railways to dams and beyond. Therefore, as soon as the election result is certified, we will begin work and discussions on forming the new institutions, constituting the 11th legislature of the Assembly, forming the new government, and electing the president,” he said.

During the government meeting, Kurti also commented on the arrest of five former Serbian police officers suspected of involvement in the Recak massacre, while criticizing the lack of action on the issue for more than two decades.

“Nearly 27 and a half years after the Recak massacre, five former members of Serbia’s police have been arrested. While on the one hand we congratulate the institutions for the arrest of the suspects, after what was said to be a six-month investigation, we cannot fail to highlight the fact that until 2020, no one dealt with this case. Consequently, of the thousands of cases inherited from EULEX, not a single one was for the Recak massacre. On the one hand, we have arrests after a six-month investigation, and on the other, we have more than two decades of failure or no efforts whatsoever to prosecute those responsible, and zero commitment to justice in connection with this case,” he said.

Kurti opened the meeting by offering condolences to the families of three young people who lost their lives in two separate incidents in recent days.

“I am deeply saddened by the tragic death of our three young people in two different incidents in recent days. Sisters Erza and Aulona Zubaku in a road accident in Germany and Valmir Morina at his workplace in Prizren. On my behalf and on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo, I express my sincerest condolences to the Zubaku family from the municipality of Kamenica and the Morina family from the municipality of Malisheva,” he said.