Kosovo’s
pa liame t
was
suspe ded
afte
oppositio
MP
Time
Kad ijaj
th ew
eggs
at
acti g
PM
Albi
Ku ti
Kosovo’s
pa liame t
was
suspe ded
o
Satu day
afte
oppositio
lawmake
Time
Kad ijaj
th ew
eggs
at
acti g
P ime
Mi iste
Albi
Ku ti.The
i cide t
came
as
Ku ti’s
Veteve dosje
pa ty
emai ed
locked
i
egotiatio s
with
oppositio
g oups
ove
the
fo matio
of
ew
i stitutio s
followi g
the
Ju e
7
pa liame ta y
electio .
The
pa ty
wo
53
of
pa liame t’s
120
seats,
maki g
it
the
la gest
political
fo ce
but
leavi g
Ku ti
sho t
of
the
umbe s
eeded
to
gove
alo e.Kad ijaj,
a
MP
f om
the
oppositio
Allia ce
fo
the
Futu e
of
Kosovo
(AAK),
app oached
Ku ti
as
he
sat
i
the
f o t
ow
a d
th ew
seve al
eggs
i
his
di ectio .
She
shouted
“Shame
o
you!”
as
secu ity
gua ds
a d
othe
lawmake s
moved
to
i te ve e.The
pa liame ta y
sessio
was
suspe ded
afte
the
co f o tatio ,
with
the
chai pe so
o de i g
the
live
b oadcast
to
be
cut
as
secu ity
pe so el
su ou ded
Ku ti.
Kad ijaj
late
sha ed
footage
of
the
i cide t
o
social
media.
Ku ti
appea ed
u fazed
by
the
attack
a d
said
that
if
havi g
eggs
th ow
at
him
was
the
p ice
of
co ti ui g
political
dialogue,
“I
am
happy
to
pay
this
p ice.”The
dis uptio
came
afte
Ku ti
asked
lawmake s
fo
additio al
time
to
egotiate
a
deal
o
the
electio
of
a
ew
p eside t.
He
had
bee
expected
to
a ou ce
a
ca didate
fo
pa liame t’s
speake
but
i stead
sought
mo e
time,
sayi g
egotiatio s
had
ot
p oduced
ag eeme t
o
the
p eside cy.
Kosovo
has
held
th ee
electio s
i
less
tha
two
yea s
as
political
divisio s
have
epeatedly
p eve ted
pa liame t
f om
fu ctio i g
o mally.
The
latest
electio
was
held
o
Ju e
7
afte
lawmake s
failed
to
elect
a
p eside t
withi
the
equi ed
timef ame.Ku ti’s
pa ty
eme ged
as
the
biggest
wi e
but
still
eeds
suppo t
f om
oppositio
pa ties
to
fo m
a
gove me t
a d
elect
key
officials.
The
Democ atic
League
of
Kosovo,
which
wo
18
seats,
has
bee
see
as
a
pote tial
coalitio
pa t e ,
but
Ku ti’s
meeti gs
with
its
leade
Lumi
Abdixhiku
have
failed
to
p oduce
a
b eakth ough.
The
oppositio
Kosovo
Democ atic
Pa ty
wo
22
seats.The
c isis
deepe ed
afte
a
co stitutio al
deadli e
to
co stitute
pa liame t
expi ed
o
F iday.
Ku ti
had
sought
mo e
time
to
egotiate
athe
tha
isk
a othe
electio ,
but
ival
lawmake s
have
th eate ed
legal
actio
ove
the
equest.U de
Kosovo’s
ules,
pa liame t
is
equi ed
to
be
co stituted
withi
30
days
of
the
fi al
electio
esults
bei g
co fi med.
That
deadli e
has
ow
passed,
although
the
co seque ces
a e
u clea
because
the
co stitutio
does
ot
specify
what
happe s
whe
it
is
missed.A
sepa ate
two-mo th
deadli e
applies
to
the
electio
of
a
p eside t.
If
lawmake s
fail
to
elect
o e
withi
that
pe iod,
ew
pa liame ta y
electio s
a e
automatically
t igge ed,
aisi g
the
possibility
that
Kosovo
could
etu
to
the
polls
yet
agai .
