The Serb Lists party has asked the Constitutional Court of Kosovo to review the composition of the government, which they claim must include two Serb ministers instead of one.
They called on the court to protect their rights, in an announcement published on Monday.
The request was also supported by the Serb Lists’ 10 MPs, plus one MP from the Unique Gorani Party.
Kosovo’s new government was voted in last week. Its Ministry of Communities and Returns is led by Goran Rakic, the leader of the Serb List Party.
Kosovo’s Constitution stipulates that in the case of more than 12 ministries, a third ministry should be headed by someone representing one of the many non-majority communities in the country.
Article 96/3 of the Constitution states that “there shall be at least one (1) Minister from the Kosovo Serb Community and one (1) Minister from another Kosovo non-majority Community. If there are more than twelve (12) Ministers, the Government shall have a third Minister representing a Kosovo non-majority Community.”
The new government has 15 ministries, of which one is headed by Goran Rakic of the Serb List, one by Fikrim Damka of the Turkish Democratic Party of, and one by Elbert Krasniqi from the New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo representing the Egyptian community.
In addition, Emilija Rexhepi of the New Democratic Party, a representative of the Bosniak community has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Minority Affairs and Human Rights.
The Serb List party claims that one of the two ministries headed by other ethnic minorities belongs to them.
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