PRISTINA (Kosovo), April 29 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The Assembly of Kosovo failed to elect a new president within the constitutional deadline due to a lack of the required number of votes, putting the country on the verge of snap parliamentary elections, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
Only representatives of the ruling Self-Determination Movement and non-Serb minority groups participated in the vote. They met four times during the day, but their 64 votes were not enough to elect a head of state, which requires a two-thirds majority of the 120-member assembly.
Assembly Speaker and Acting President Albulena Haxhiu said invitations had been extended to opposition parties, including the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Democratic League of Kosovo, but they had refused to participate in the sessions.
In the coming days, Haxhiu is expected to call early parliamentary elections, which, according to the Constitution, must be held within 45 days.
-- BERNAMA-ANADOLU
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