LDK leader Isa Mustafa: No agreement to postpone presidential elections

Seremb Gjergji - Presidential Candidate

LDK leader Isa Mustafa denied on Thursday having reached an agreement with PDK leader Hashim Thaçi to postpone presidential elections for 2013. Mustafa said he heard about this only in the media and that he doesn’t know anything about the postponement of elections.

“It is true that I have met Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi. We met at the inauguration of the ‘Ibrahim Rugova’ highway, but we never discussed the possibility of changing the timeframe of elections outside the agreement that we reached for solving the problem of the President of Kosovo,” Mustafa said.

Daily newspaper Express on the other hand reports that Mustafa confirmed meeting Thaçi and discussing the postponement of presidential elections. The paper also notes that Mustafa tried to involve other actors in the process, by mentioning AAK principal deputy leader Blerim Shala. The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) meanwhile denied there was an official meeting with Mustafa and Thaçi, but said in principle they support the idea of having presidential elections in 2013.

Currently the only independent candidate for the Presidential position is Seremb Gjergji. Others, have stated that are ready to candidate.