Justina Shiroka Pula became the new President of Kosovo

With the decision taken on September 23, the Kosovo Constitutional Court announced that the constitutional 60-day period for the election of the new president by the MPs started on August 8 and will end on October 6, and the Parliament will be dissolved.

The names suggested by Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti as presidential candidates during the day were not accepted by the opposition parties.

Finally, in the evening, Kurti proposed ASHAK President Shiroka Pula as a presidential candidate.

Kurti's proposal was accepted by the main opposition party in the country, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). PDK demanded that the law regulating the activities of the court in The Hague, Netherlands, which convicted former Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) commanders, be changed before the presidential election is held.

The General Assembly of the Kosovo Assembly convened before the Assembly was dissolved at midnight and first voted to change the law regulating the activities of the court in The Hague.

The bill, which aims to limit the authority of the court in The Hague and to have some files that will be excluded from its jurisdiction to be heard by the Kosovo judiciary, also includes regulations such as the maximum sentence of 15 years for some sentences and the serving of some sentences in Kosovo.

On the other hand, thousands of people waiting in front of the Parliament building for the amendment to be accepted experienced great joy after the bill was voted.

84 MPs PARTICIPATED IN THE VOTING

Then, the presidential election was held in the General Assembly of the Parliament. In the election, ASHAK President Shiroka Pula and PDK Deputy Eliza Hoxha were proposed as presidential candidates.

84 deputies participated in the voting in the 120-seat Parliament. Shiroka Pula received 81 votes, while Hoxha received 1 vote and 2 votes were deemed invalid. Thus, Shiroka Pula was elected the new president of Kosovo.

Shiroka Pula, who came to the General Assembly hall after the completion of the voting and took the oath, stated in her speech that she will be the president of all citizens of Kosovo and that she will devote all her strength to protecting the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kosovo.