Impasse at Government Formation: Kosovo's Constitutional Court Halts Parliamentarians from Establishing Administration
The Kosovo Constitutional Court has suspended the formation of key state institutions, including the government itself, due to a parliamentary impasse over the election of a deputy president from the Serbian community. This decision comes after the Constitutional Court reviewed a complaint by the Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista party.
The ruling, made on September 5, 2025, prohibits deputies from taking any further steps in government formation until September 30, 2025. The suspension of decisions and actions taken by elected Assembly members was enacted in response to Srpska Lista's complaint about the failure to elect a deputy president from the Serbian community.
The impasse began during the parliamentary sessions held on August 26 and 28, when the Kosovo parliament failed to elect a new deputy president from the Serbian community. The Srpska Lista party argued that the separate election of vice presidents from non-majority communities was unlawful, as parliamentary procedure requires a single procedure for the election of vice presidents without the possibility of selective division.
The caretaker government remains in place, and the completion of the drawn-out process of appointing a Speaker in the Kosovo parliament has recently occurred. Dimal Basha, the newly elected president of the Vetëvendosje party, announced the formal establishment of parliament on August 30th.
Basha stated that the failure to elect one of the five vice presidents from the Serbian community cannot be an obstacle to the formation of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. However, the Constitutional Court's decision has put a hold on the process, leaving the future of Kosovo's government uncertain.
This is not the first time the Constitutional Court has been called upon to review the activities of the new parliament. Since the February 9 elections, the court has reviewed the parliament's activities on three previous occasions. The court's decision to suspend the formation of new institutions underscores the importance of adhering to parliamentary procedure and ensuring representation for all communities in Kosovo.
As the situation unfolds, the people of Kosovo await a resolution to this impasse and the formation of a new government that represents the diverse communities within the country.
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