Kurti’s New Government Voted In With 62 Votes as Opposition Objects — The Clash Moves to the Constitutional Court

Kosovo’s Assembly on Sunday voted in the new government led by Albin Kurti, with 62 votes in favor, eight against and no abstentions. With this vote, Kurti secured his fourth term as Kosovo’s prime minister.

The new government was voted in only hours after the Assembly’s constitution on September 13, 2026, while the cabinet lineup remains the same as that of the third government led by the Vetëvendosje leader.

The session to elect the government was boycotted by the three main opposition parties — the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and Aleanca.

Of the 53 deputies Vetëvendosje holds, Kurti also secured eight votes from non-Serb community deputies and the vote of Nenad Rashiq. On the other hand, nine deputies of the Serb List voted against.

However, the government vote did not close the institutional crisis that has followed Kosovo for months. On the contrary, immediately after the vote, the political clash shifted to the issue of the Assembly’s constitution and the constitutionality of the new government.

PDK and Aleanca warn of referral to the Constitutional Court

PDK and Aleanca have warned they will immediately turn to the Constitutional Court, opposing the way the Assembly’s constitution was considered concluded.

PDK objected to the interpretation that the Assembly was constituted without electing a deputy speaker from its ranks.

The party insists it did not refuse the proposal for deputy speaker, but temporarily withdrew from the process pending a Constitutional Court decision. According to PDK, for this reason the Assembly cannot be considered fully constituted.

“By not refusing, the Assembly could not be constituted,” PDK deputy Përparim Gruda declared at a media conference.

Gruda also raised questions about the majority’s handling of parliamentary procedures, asking why Vetëvendosje was not denied the right to propose the Assembly speaker under circumstances where, in his view, the continuation of the session had not been called every 48 hours, as set out in the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure.

Aleanca also contested the legitimacy of the new government.

Its leader, Ardian Gjini, said his party will turn to the Constitutional Court and asked that the matter be treated as a priority.

“Aleanca will turn to the Constitutional Court and we expect priority treatment from it, as the foundations of constitutionality are shaking,” Gjini declared.

Kurti invites PDK to cooperate

On the other hand, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, after the government vote, called on PDK to return to the parliamentary process and propose its candidate for Assembly deputy speaker.

Kurti said institutions must start working and that no time should be lost on procedures.

“It is imperative that we work and not lose time with procedures and tricks,” Kurti declared.

He asked PDK to propose its candidate for Assembly deputy speaker and to engage in the work of parliamentary committees.

LDK also contests the government

LDK also raised claims about the new government’s constitutionality.

LDK deputy Kujtim Shala, in a statement to Telegrafi, said the government was voted in by an Assembly that, in his view, has not been fully constituted.

“The government was elected by an unconstituted Assembly, therefore it is not a constitutional government,” Shala declared.

Meanwhile, other LDK deputies, including Hykmete Bajrami and Ermal Sadiku, focused more on the program presented by Kurti, describing it as old and repetitive.

Now on the agenda: president or elections

With the Assembly constituted and the government elected, the 60-day deadline for electing Kosovo’s president now starts running.

If the Assembly fails to elect the president within this deadline, the country goes back to snap parliamentary elections.

Despite the formation of the new government, Kosovo’s institutional crisis is not over. The clash over the Assembly’s constitution is expected to end up at the Constitutional Court, while the political race for electing the president begins in parallel — a process that may determine whether the country enters new elections or not.

Source: Telegrafi