TIRANA – The General Council of the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, has voted to dismiss Vjosa Osmani as deputy leader and as a member of the party chairmanship. Of the 123 members of the Council, 95 members voted on the proposal prsented by party leader Isa Mustafa, with 70 votes in favour, 16 against, and nine abstentions, said Prishtinav Times on Saturday.
In his letter proposing to dismiss Osmani, who was elected deputy leader by the General Council in August 2019, Mustafa stated that the party gives “unlimited space for freedom of expression,” but added that the proposal was made due to party’s statute. Mustafa proposed that Osmani be replaced as deputy leader by Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, which was approved with 92 votes in favour.
Currently serving as Speaker of the Assembly, Osmani was LDK’s prime ministerial candidate in the 2019 parliamentary elections, in which the party finished in second place, marginally behind Vetevendosje.
In recent months, she has been a vocal opponent of the decision to oust the previous coalition government made up of LDK and Vetevendosje through a motion of no confidence, and the formation of the current coalition government between LDK, AAK, NISMA and Lista Srpska. Osmani did not participate in the session where Avdullah Hoti was voted in as prime minister, a point Mustafa highlighted in the proposal to remove her.
Despite speculation that she may form a new party or perhaps join Vetevendosje, Osmani has remained tight-lipped about her political future. “At the end of the mandate [as Speaker of Assembly] I will have to decide whether I want to be in politics or not,” she told BIRN earlier this month.
Osmani has been supported by some political and social circles in Albania.
The DP deputy, Rudina Hajdari said in a note on Twitter on Sunday that she supoorted Kosovo Speaker Vjosa Osmani.
Hajdari said she admired Osmanin for her courage. “Stay strong and I wish you successes,” Hajdari told Kosovo politician. /
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