"We cannot give the speakership to a party with three MPs", Kurti explains why he did not reach an agreement with Limaj

The leader of the Vetëvendosje Movement, Albin Kurti, has explained why there is no agreement with the leader of the Social Democratic Initiative, Fatmir Limaj.

Kurti said that it is good that Limaj and Nisma have returned to the Kosovo Assembly and that this party should be a sister party to the Vetëvendosje Movement.

Kurti even said that Nisma in coalition with AAK has helped Ramush Haradinaj's party cross the electoral threshold.

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"The meetings have taken place in an atmosphere where trust has increased, where confidence, the will to cooperate has increased. However, where there has been no disagreement, simply because of an insistence, a precondition, or even a condition, for cooperation in the future for the position of speaker of parliament. Now I am in a pre-election coalition with Guxo and Alternativa. Giving the speaker of parliament to a party with three MPs, when I have a party that has twice the number of MPs, this irreparably damages the architecture of the previous agreement that VV has with Guxo and Alternativa. It was not possible," Kurti said on RTK.

Kurti has challenged other parties to vote for Albulena Haxhiu's candidacy for Speaker of the Parliament, expressing confidence that he has the necessary majority to form the new government.

He added that if it fails to secure a majority, this would be a political victory for the opposition.

"They don't believe that I don't have 61 votes for prime minister. I tell them 'test me'. If they believe that Albin Kurti has 61 votes of deputies to become prime minister again, it's up to them to believe me. Let them vote for Albulena and let them test me. If I fail, that would be a victory for them. It wouldn't be a victory for them by blocking the Assembly and making a quorum impossible," Kurti said on RTK.