Overview
- Lawmakers failed to elect a new head of state by the midnight deadline after an opposition boycott denied a quorum.
- President Vjosa Osmani issued a decree dissolving the Assembly, sending Kosovo to a third parliamentary election in just over a year.
- The parliamentary speaker has asked the Constitutional Court to clarify the process and suspend deadlines, leaving the election date uncertain.
- Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s Vetëvendosje nominated Foreign Minister Glauk Konjufca for president, while opposition parties demanded a consensus candidate.
- Osmani’s bid for a second term and her push for direct popular election of the president did not secure support, and the renewed turmoil threatens to further slow talks with Serbia and progress toward the EU.