Justina Shiroka-Pula is elected president of Kosovo during a political crisis
Justina Široka Pula was elected president of Kosovo by 81 votes from 83 MPs, becoming the third woman to hold the office. The parliament ended a months-long political deadlock by selecting a new head of state, avoiding a new election. The government of Prime Minister Albin Kurti reached an agreement with the opposition, and the presidency remains largely ceremonial. Former President Hashim Thaci was sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes.
- Justina Široka Pula was elected president of Kosovo by 81 votes from 83 MPs, becoming the third woman to hold the office.
- Kosovo's parliament elected a new head of state after months of political deadlock, preventing a new election.
- The government of Prime Minister Albin Kurti reached an agreement with the opposition.
- Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci was sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes.
- The presidency in Kosovo is mostly ceremonial.
- A law change with 88 votes limits the Kosovo Specialist Chambers' jurisdiction to crimes after the 1999 war and grants the president power to grant pardons.
- The Kosovo Specialist Chambers convicted four former KLA leaders of war crimes.
- Kosovo’s Constitutional Court set a deadline of October 6 for the country to elect a president.
- Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti proposed Justina Široka Pula for president and suggested 22 members would participate in the election.
- The mandate of former President Vjosa Osmani ended.
- The opposition agreed to support the presidential candidate after Kurti passed a law.
- The parliament amended the law on the Hague-based court to prevent sentences over 15 years.
- Naser Syla said twelve people received medical assistance in a related incident.
- The deadline for MPs to elect a new head of state expires after midnight on Tuesday.
- Shiroka-Pula received 81 votes from 83 MPs in the election.
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