The ruling party, the Vetëvendosje Movement (LVV), has officially appealed to the Constitutional Court against President Vjosa Osmani's decree to dissolve the Kosovo Assembly, the head of this party's parliamentary group, Arbërie Nagavci, announced on Monday.

In a Facebook post, Nagavci wrote that in addition to the request for an assessment of the constitutionality of the decree, they have asked the Court to temporarily suspend the president's decree until the final verdict is issued. "It is clear that the President of the Republic has no discretionary right to interfere in the functioning of the legislative power, let alone to take actions that lead to the dissolution of the Assembly," she wrote.

Osmani issued a decree on March 6 to dissolve the Assembly, which would lead to early parliamentary elections. But she has not yet called for elections, REL reports. She justified this decision by saying that March 5 was the deadline for electing a new president of Kosovo – as her mandate ends on April 4 – but that MPs had failed to meet the legal deadlines.

Nagavci argued that the president’s role in this process “is strictly conditional and is activated only in circumstances clearly defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo”. Nagavci further added that “attempts to exercise powers that are not clearly defined by the Constitution not only harm the constitutional order, but also endanger the very democratic functioning of institutions”.