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Statovci: The opposition is factoring in the Serbian List

Jeta Statovci, MP for the Vetëvendosje Movement, has accused the parties that were in opposition in the previous legislature of factoring in the Serbian List.

She said that the non-voting of these parties on the proposal for the deputy chairman of the Serbian community has caused a new impasse in the Assembly.

"In the counter-alternative that we supported (Nenad Rašić), not enough votes were received. Now, as a result of the opposition's positions, we are in a situation where the Serbian List has been factored to the point that today it is being evaluated and considered whether or not we have a constituted Assembly and the Constitution imposes a temporary measure in the next term against the steps that the deputies may or may not take. I see it as great damage from the opposition's recklessness that, due to its short-term and blocking tactics towards the current government, causes greater damage that factorizes the Serbian List to the point where its position or presence in the Presidency is so essential that there is no Assembly and institutions," she said on KTV's "Interaktiv".

The Constitutional Court on Friday ruled in an interim measure against the constitution, following the Serbian List's complaint against the separate voting for the election of deputy speakers of the Assembly from among minority communities during the constitutive session. None of the 9 deputies of this party received a majority of votes in the Assembly to be elected deputy speaker. Nor did the other Serbian deputy, Nenad Rashic, who does not belong to this group, receive votes. Rashic had the support of the Vetëvendosje Movement, but did not receive the votes of other Albanian parties, PDK, LDK and AAK-Nisma. Previously, the Speaker of the Parliament Dimal Basha separated the voting process for the deputy speakers from among the communities. Despite the failure to elect a Serb deputy speaker, Basha has declared the Assembly constituted.

Statovci said that the Constitutional Court has gone beyond its competences "by writing its own norms." Here, he mentioned the 30-day period set for the constitution and that a name has the right to be proposed a maximum of three times for the position of Speaker of Parliament.