The Aporia · Kosovo parliament elects new president, avoiding snap election

On October 7, Kosovo’s parliament elected Justina Shiroka Pula as the new president with 81 votes out of 120 to avoid a snap election. Shiroka Pula's victory came after negotiations between Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s ruling party and the opposition Democratic Party regarding limitations on a war crimes court in The Hague, which had faced protests from demonstrators demanding softer sentencing policies.

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On October 7, the Kosovo parliament elected economist Justina Shiroka Pula as the new president in a late-night session just before the constitutional deadline, thereby avoiding another snap election. The vote was crucial because failure to elect a president would have triggered early parliamentary elections, which had happened previously in June due to political deadlock. In this instance, 81 votes out of 120 were cast for Shiroka Pula, with one more than the required two-thirds majority needed. Her election came after negotiations between the ruling Vetevendosje party and the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo over limiting the powers of a war crimes court in The Hague, which had sentenced former President Hashim Thaci to 13 years in prison as part of an 81-year total sentence handed down to four individuals. Demonstrations demanding these changes were met with police action using tear gas and water cannons on Monday.

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The presidency is mainly ceremonial in Kosovo but has often been a source of political instability because a two-thirds parliamentary majority is needed to elect a president and parties have struggled to agree on a candidate.

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🔮 Failure to elect a new president would have triggered snap parliamentary elections in the Balkan country, as it did in June.

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Kosovo parliament elects new president, avoiding snap election PRISTINA, Oct 7 - asserted

parliament → elect → election

Kosovo's parliament elected economist Justina Shiroka Pula as the country's largely ceremonial president just before a constitutional deadline, avoiding another snap election in one of the poorest countries in Europe. asserted

parliament → elect → Europe

She received 81 votes, one more than she needed, in the 120-seat parliament in the early minutes of Wednesday. asserted

she → receive → Wednesday

Failure to elect a new president would have triggered snap parliamentary elections in the Balkan country, as it did in June. asserted

it → elect → June

"This mandate does not belong to just one person. asserted

mandate → belong → person

It belongs to our citizens... asserted

It → belong → citizens

I will be the president of all citizens," Shiroka Pula said after the vote. asserted

Pula → say → vote

Shiroka Pula's election followed a deal between the ruling Vetevendosje party of Prime Minister Albin Kurti and opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo to limit the powers of a Kosovo war crimes court in The Hague. asserted

election → follow → Hague

Police fired tear gas and used water cannon on Monday to disperse demonstrators demanding the changes be approved. asserted

changes → fire → demonstrators

Critics have asserted the Hague court's punishments are too harsh. asserted

punishments → assert → ?

The court on September 16 sentenced former President Hashim Thaci and three others to a combined 81 years in prison for war crimes during the territory's violent break from Serbia in 1998-1999. asserted

court → sentence → 1998

parties → need → candidate

Shiroka Pula, born in 1953, is the president of Kosovo's Academy of Sciences and Arts and an economics professor who served as minister of the economy between 2008 and 2011. asserted

who → bear → 2008

Kosovo parliament elects new president, avoiding snap election

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