{"id":2184763,"date":"2026-10-08T04:14:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2184763"},"modified":"2026-10-08T04:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:14:57","slug":"kosovo-lawmakers-elect-justina-pula-as-the-countrys-new-president-in-late-night-vote-to-avert-snap-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2184763","title":{"rendered":"Kosovo lawmakers elect Justina Pula as the country&#8217;s new president in late-night vote to avert snap election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/36\/01\/1200x675_cmsv2_c53d3a7e-71ab-5572-bd85-ed752dc5f6ce-9943601.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2931482-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1\" data-nid=\"2931482\" data-cid=\"9941810\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure 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News<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Kosovo lawmakers elect Justina Pula as the country&#8217;s new president in late-night vote to avert snap election<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/36\/01\/1536x864_cmsv2_c53d3a7e-71ab-5572-bd85-ed752dc5f6ce-9943601.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Newly elected Kosovo President Justina Shiroka Pula is seen after she was elected in Kosovo&apos;s capital Pristina on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Newly elected Kosovo President Justina Shiroka Pula is seen after she was elected in Kosovo&#8217;s capital Pristina on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspMalek Fouda\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1791432897\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-10-08 06:14:57 +02:00\">08\/10\/2026 &#8211; 6:14 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div 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Pula\u2019s election to the largely symbolic post of president makes her the third female to hold that office since Kosovo\u2019s post-war independence from Serbia.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Lawmakers in Kosovo elected economist and academic Justina Shiroka Pula as the country\u2019s new president in a marathon late-night session, moments before a constitutional deadline that would have forced a snap election.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The election late on Tuesday was a significant moment in a political crisis in the small Balkan nation that has caused legislative deadlock for over 19 months and two early parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/36\/01\/808x539_cmsv2_fad1ce34-6714-5635-803e-d67f08bac96a-9943601.jpg\" alt=\"Kosovo lawmaker congratulates newly elected Kosovo&apos;s President Justina Shiroka Pula, center, in Kosovo&apos;s capital Pristina on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Kosovo lawmaker congratulates newly elected Kosovo&#8217;s President Justina Shiroka Pula, center, in Kosovo&#8217;s capital Pristina on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Visar Kryeziu\/Copyright 2026 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just before Shiroka Pula was elected, lawmakers also approved a law limiting the powers of a special court in The Hague, which was set up to investigate and prosecute war crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the country&#8217;s 1998-99 war for independence from Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>During the extraordinary session in Parliament, Shiroka Pula secured 81 votes in the 120-seat strong parliament. Outside, thousands of protesters had gathered demanding that the legislature pass the law limiting the powers of the war crimes court, known as the Specialist Chambers.<\/p>\n<p>Shiroka Pula recently served as president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. She will become Kosovo\u2019s third female president since the country\u2019s post-war independence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/36\/01\/808x539_cmsv2_f2ae60c7-4cfa-5878-9311-fcecd5ca272e-9943601.jpg\" alt=\"People take part in a protest near the parliament building ahead of the extraordinary parliament session to elect the new president in capital Pristina, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">People take part in a protest near the parliament building ahead of the extraordinary parliament session to elect the new president in capital Pristina, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Visar Kryeziu\/Copyright 2026 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She was a last-minute consensus candidate backed by the ruling Self-Determination movement and the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>The role of president in Kosovo is largely ceremonial, though office holders do play an important role in foreign policy and serve as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. She will have to endorse the law limiting the power of the Hague court for it to become binding.<\/p>\n<p>In her speech after taking the oath of office late on Tuesday, Shiroka Pula said: \u201cToday, I accept with great honour and full responsibility the duty of President of the Republic of Kosovo.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/36\/01\/808x539_cmsv2_78daadf0-cfb8-51e7-8e05-3d667c9f4a3b-9943601.jpg\" alt=\"People take part in a protest near the parliament building ahead of the extraordinary parliament session to elect the new president in capital Pristina, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">People take part in a protest near the parliament building ahead of the extraordinary parliament session to elect the new president in capital Pristina, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Visar Kryeziu\/Copyright 2026 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis mandate does not belong to one person alone, it belongs to our citizens, our institutions, and the state for which many generations have sacrificed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Shiroka Pula\u2019s election came after over two weeks of protests following a verdict by The Hague-based court convicting four of Kosovo&#8217;s wartime rebel leaders of war crimes, including the country&#8217;s former president Hashim Thaci.<\/p>\n<p>They were sentenced to between 13 and 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/94\/36\/01\/808x539_cmsv2_7ed101c0-09e7-54d0-af56-23b33ee7017c-9943601.jpg\" alt=\"People take part in a protest near the parliament building ahead of the extraordinary parliament session to elect the new president in capital Pristina, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">People take part in a protest near the parliament building ahead of the extraordinary parliament session to elect the new president in capital Pristina, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Visar Kryeziu\/Copyright 2026 The AP. 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Both residents and politicians feared the court ruling would tarnish Kosovo\u2019s independence struggle.<\/p>\n<p>More than 13,000 people, mostly ethnic Albanians, were killed during the conflict in Kosovo, while about 1 million ethnic Albanian Kosovars were driven from their homes during the fighting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-contributors c-article-contributors-supplementary u-margin-top-2 u-padding-top-2\">\n<p>Additional sources<strong> \u2022 AP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label 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Outside, thousands of protesters had gathered demanding that the legislature pass the law limiting the powers of the war crimes court, known as the Specialist Chambers.Shiroka Pula recently served as president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. She will become Kosovo\u2019s third female president since the country\u2019s post-war independence.She was a last-minute consensus candidate backed by the ruling Self-Determination movement and the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo.The role of president in Kosovo is largely ceremonial, though office holders do play an important role in foreign policy and serve as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. She will have to endorse the law limiting the power of the Hague court for it to become binding.In her speech after taking the oath of office late on Tuesday, Shiroka Pula said: \u201cToday, I accept with great honour and full responsibility the duty of President of the Republic of Kosovo.\u201d\u201cThis mandate does not belong to one person alone, it belongs to our citizens, our institutions, and the state for which many generations have sacrificed,\u201d she said.Shiroka Pula\u2019s election came after over two weeks of protests following a verdict by The Hague-based court convicting four of Kosovo&#8217;s wartime rebel leaders of war crimes, including the country&#8217;s former president Hashim Thaci.They were sentenced to between 13 and 25 years in prison.Kosovo has criticised the verdicts as unjust, maintaining that the KLA, which Thaci led before entering politics, had fought against Serbian oppression. 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