The Kosovo parliament did not choose the president in the tenth attempt. Political blocking at Pristina

The Kosovo parliamentarians failed to choose a president on Saturday, postponing the formation of a government, almost three months after the legislative elections, AFP reports.

Kosovo is in a political impasse from the elections of February 9, won by the Vetevendosje ruling party (“self-determination” -VV). But the Party of the Prime Minister in the exercise Albin Kurti, with 48 places in 120, does not have the absolute majority and failed to find a coalition partner.

Being the largest party, VV proposed to Albulena Haxhiu, the Minister of Justice in the previous government. However, the deputies did not have the chance to vote for this proposal, as VV proposed at the beginning of the meeting a secret vote for the candidate for the presidency, which the opposition deputies refused, leading to the session.

The opposition accuses VV of deliberately blocking the formation of institutions proposing names of Kurti's most loyal supporters and not representatives of moderate parties.

In order for the government formation process to start officially, the President of the Parliament must first be elected, which only requires a simple majority, which is lacking in Kurti's ruling party.

But neither the opposition block, made up of three pro-Alban parties created during the fight for Kosovo independence, cannot form a majority, with only 52 parliamentary mandates, the other 20 remaining mandates returning to ethnic minorities, 10 for the Serbian minority