Kosovo’s acting prime minister and leader of VeteVendosje political party Albin Kurti casts his ballot in Kosovo’s capital Pristina, Sunday Dec.
PRISTINA, Kosovo () — Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said Friday after dissolving Parliament that a snap election should be held as soon as possible to avoid another prolonged political crisis in the Balkan country at a time of global turmoil.
Osmani told The in an interview that it is important for Kosovo to wrap up the upcoming election process and form functional institutions for political stability as the war rages in the Middle East.
“Precisely because the geopolitical situation is that complex, it is important to finish this electoral process which is coming up,” Osmani said.
“It is very hard now to imagine what will happen next.”.
Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008 after a 1998-99 war, hosts a U.S.
Military base as part of a NATO-led peacekeeping mission.
The war ended after NATO bombed Serbia for 78 days.
Serbia does not recognize Kosovo’s split and tensions have simmered ever since.
Belgrade has had the support of Russia and China.
Unresolved relations with Serbia have blocked Kosovo’s attempts to become a candidate country for EU membership.
Osmani dissolved Parliament on Friday after lawmakers failed to elect her successor by a midnight Thursday deadline due to a lack of a quorum in the 120-member assembly.
The political importance lies in whether the issue moves from public comment into formal action, party response, court record, election authority notice or administrative decision.
