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The Kosovo ruling party is on its way to winning the greatest number of votes in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but does not reach most seats, predicts an exit survey.
Vetevendosje, Prime Minister Alvin Kurti’s match will win 42% of the votes, says the Koha news portal, which would result in 47 seats in the Parliament of 120 seats.
The Government Party of the Central Left is expected to advance to the Kosovo Democratic Party (PDK) with 21%, the Kosovo Democratic League (LDK) with 20%and the Alianza for the future of Kosovo (AAK) in 7%, shows the output survey.
Kurti came to power in 2021 when a coalition led by his party received more than 50% of the votes and obtained a small majority in Parliament.
Its popularity has been driven by efforts to extend government control over most northern ethnic series.
But that has antagonized the main sponsors of Kosovo: the EU and the United States. The opposition parties advocate a more conciliatory approach and have criticized the management of the economy by the government.
The LDK on the central right has campaigned to join NATO and restore relations with the United States. The PDK, also center-right, was founded by the former guerrillas of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
Under the constitution of Kosovo, 10 parliamentarians must come from the Serbian minority, and will not cooperate with the Kurti party.
The remaining 10 seats are reserved for other minority ethnic groups, which have previously cooperated with vetevendosje, which translates as “self -determination.”
Kurti has said previously that he will not cooperate with any of the opposition parties.
Kosovo unilaterally declared the independence of Serbia in February 2008, after years of tense relations between its Serbian and mainly Albanian inhabitants.
It has been recognized by the United States and the main EU countries, but Serbia, backed by its powerful ally of Russia, refuses to do so, as well as most ethnic Serbians within Kosovo.
