Kosovo President Behgjet Pacolli Resigns, Vows To Run Again

PRISTINA, March 30 (Reuters) - Kosovo's president resigned on Wednesday after the constitutional court ruled his election by parliament a month ago was not constitutional, but he said he would run again for the office.

"The president of the Republic of Kosovo Behgjet Pacolli is ready to respect the decision (of the constitutional court)," Pacolli's top aide Ibrahim Gashi told reporters.

"Pacolli will be the candidate of the coalition partners in the new election of a new president because he did not violate the constitution," Gashi added.

The resignation of Pacolli, who was elected to the largely ceremonial job in a power-sharing deal with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, might force early elections in Kosovo unless the parties resolve the deadlock. (Reporting by Fatos Bytyci; editing by Benet Koleka and Adam Tanner)

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Comments

[biabouman41]

03:54 PM on 03/30/2011

Can we get the President of Kosovo to teach Scott Walker to respect the laws of Wisconsin?

Republican Walker gives the finger to the Courts of Wisconsin about enforcement of his Union stripping rules. Recall is fine, but impeachment is quicker and less costly.

[AmericanMyths]

02:06 PM on 03/30/2011

vows to run again...after the facelift

[antonymous]

01:52 PM on 03/30/2011

Kosovo is entirely run by an unlikely and awkward combine of heroin dealers, white slavers, former Yugoslav apparatchiks, and fundamentalist Muslims. And it's nice that they have a constitutional court and all, but if their president can be described as having been "elected...in a power-sharing deal," then their founding document is probably not too solid to begin with.

[FrancescoFemia]

03:30 PM on 03/30/2011

Well, it is certainly a sign of progress, and confirms a respect for the democratic process, that he is agreeing to step down.

[reddy52]

05:13 PM on 03/30/2011

He's the president, he has no power in Kosovo.

[biabouman41]

03:59 PM on 03/30/2011

certainly sounds like an improvement over Wisconsin.

[jwb2013]

01:22 PM on 03/30/2011

color his hair platinum, and he could pose as Ric Flair....whooooooooo!

[Rude Monk]

01:20 PM on 03/30/2011

Ah,Huffpo,Kossvo is not a country.It's a serbian enclave were the albanians are in majority.
The guy is more like a mayor.

[FrancescoFemia]

03:31 PM on 03/30/2011

No, its a country. A sovereign country. And the Serbs who live in Kosovo are Kosovars. Citizens of Kosovo.

[Serbian American]

12:35 PM on 04/04/2011

Kosovo is not a country. It is not recognized even by EU as an independent country. Even Marty Ahtisary's plan does not call for Independent Kosovo. It is mostly countries that were involved in unlawful military action over Yugoslavia that recognized Kosovo's independence.

Take a look at UN resolution 1244 and that will tell you that Kosovo and Metohija is not an independent country.

[Thumbody]

12:07 PM on 03/30/2011

Hurry send the troops over as a humanitarian effort!

[Safire]

12:16 PM on 03/30/2011

Ooooh, you are so brilliant! You are, you are. How did you manage? Wow, geez, who knew?

[Aries Warrior]

12:42 PM on 03/30/2011

Yes !....excellent idea !

[BoudiccaBlanc]

12:07 PM on 03/30/2011

Another mess thanks to the MIC and the globalists!

Kosovo needs to be divided and the remaining Serbs/Orthodox need to move to the "Serb" area.

They are routinely being killed by Muslims.

[Rude Monk]

01:19 PM on 03/30/2011

Just a pretext to station US troops in that part of the world.Some say is to guard the poppies coming from Afghanistn,making their way to the western market.

[BoudiccaBlanc]

01:47 PM on 03/30/2011

Nothing would surprise me at this point.

I've almost come to the conclusion that al-Qaeda is a CIA private army and the CIA, "globalists" and Saudis are in the same bed.

Obama broke US law by not (at the very least) informing and consulting Congress. He should be impeached. If Bolton was consulted and didn't convene Congress to discuss this; he should also be impeached!

[Shomali]

11:52 AM on 03/30/2011

Another cluster fu….mb.

[TurnSeiki]

11:49 AM on 03/30/2011

Why don't WE have a Constitutional Court!?!? That would solve 2 of our biggest problems right now!

[hacksaw]

12:02 PM on 03/30/2011

We do it’s called the supreme court

[TurnSeiki]

12:17 PM on 03/30/2011

The Supreme Court is a Constitutional Court? Please. Why does the fed exist.

[Kevin Atlanta]

11:45 AM on 03/30/2011

More of the Kleptocracy in the former USSR gaining strangle-hold on the nations.

Even the USA has a Corporate Fascist in residence in the Goldman Sachs White House.

[Alois SaintMartin]

11:42 AM on 03/30/2011

Sancho Panzas Island

[THE GREAT PURIFIER]

11:38 AM on 03/30/2011

The US "Ambassador" in Kosovo is on RECORD (there are taped recordings of his phone calls) as giving oral instructions to the Kosovo "congressmen" on how to vote and how to circumvent the Kosovo "constitution" during the local presidential elections.

So much for the respect for the rule of law and for the international law.

[Tom Servo]

11:36 AM on 03/30/2011

Someone has got his number.....

[Aries Warrior]

12:42 PM on 03/30/2011

wikileaks took a peek...

[porscheguy]

11:36 AM on 03/30/2011

A failed election and the court rules a do over. Here it's much easier to appoint someone.