Assembly of Kosovo
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Assembly of Kosovo (Albanian: Kuvendi i Kosovës; Serbian Скупштина Косова) is the highest provisional self-government and representative and law making institution of Kosovo. It is regulated by the Constitutional Framework. The Assembly has 120 members. 100 members are directly voted into the Assembly, and the remaining 20 are reserved:
- 10 seats for the representatives of the Serbs.
- 4 seats for the representatives of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians.
- 3 seats for the Bosniaks.
- 2 seats for the Turks.
- 1 seat for the Gorans.
Committees
Kosovo Assembly has 19 committees.
- Budget Committee
- Committee for Finance and Economy
- Committee for Education, Science and Technology
- Committee for Health
- Committee for Labour and Social Welfare
- Committee for Public Services
- Committee on International Co-operation
- Committee on Judicial, Legislative and Constitutional Framework Matters
- Committee on Missing Persons - it is a relatively unique committee that deals with the issue of large number of missing persons and prisoners of war as a result of the Kosovo War.
- Committee on Media
- Committee on the Rights and Interests of Communities
- Committee for Trade and Industry
- Committee for Culture, Youth and Sports
- Committee for Environment and Spatial Planning
- Committee for Transport and Communications
- Committee for Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development
- Committee on Emergency Preparedness
- Committee on Public Petitions and Claims
- Committee on Gender Equality
Election results
Following the elections in October 2004, the following political groups have taken regular seats:
- LDK (Democratic League of Kosovo) - 47 seats.
- PDK (Democratic Party of Kosovo) - 30 seats.
- AAK (Alliance for the Future of Kosovo) - 9 seats.
- Ora - 7 seats.
- PSHDK (Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo) - 2 seats.
- KDTP (Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo) - 1 seat.
- PD (Justice Party) - 1 seat.
- KV (Coalition Vakat) - 1 seat.
- LPK (People's Movement of Kosovo) - 1 seat.
- PLK (Liberal Party of Kosovo) - 1 seat.
Most of the Serbs boycotted the elections, resulting in a less then 1% turnout of the Serbian population. It is still unclear whether the seats reserved for the Serbian ethnic group will be taken.
