Thaci and Pacolli sign coalition agreement
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) leader Hashim Thaci and New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) leader Behgjet Pacolli have signed the agreement to form a new government.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Monday, February 21, 2011
Thaci and Pacolli have announced that they will work together as a team, based on the two parties' common program.
They have announced that the two parties have overcome all the differences regarding the division of ministries. According to the agreement, the AKR will get three ministries.
Pacolli will be nominated for president and his party will run the Kosovo Security Force Ministry, Health Ministry and Trade and Industry Ministry.
According to Pristina-based Albanian language daily Koha Ditore, sources from the PDK have stated that "Thaci is not afraid of the voting for the new composition of the government in the assembly, but of the voting for the proposed presidential candidate".
"He got signals from certain MPs within his party that they will not vote for Behgjet Pacolli," they told the daily.
Kosovo Assembly Presidency has scheduled a constituent meeting for Monday, but election of new Kosovo president or the government will not be on the agenda.
Koha Ditore also quoted some European diplomats, who think that the proposed government will not be stable and that it will not be easy for it to implement possible results of the dialogue with Belgrade in the field.
The daily pointed out, however, that official reactions from Brussels were expected after new Kosovo institutions had been formed.
