Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani on Friday said she was dissolving Parliament to pave the way for an early election after lawmakers failed to elect her successor. The development marks a new crisis in the Balkan country that already went through a snap vote in December after a nearly yearlong political deadlock. Kosovo’s assembly had a deadline of midnight Thursday to elect a new president to replace Osmani, who took office in 2021. A vote late on Thursday failed due to a lack of a quorum in the 120-member assembly.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti has blamed the failure on the opposition’s boycott of the session. His ruling Ventevedosje, or Self-Determination, party has asked the Constitutional Court to temporarily suspend the deadline for the process to resume.