Kosovo lawmakers dissolve parliament for snap elections

BELGRADE, Serbia

Kosovo lawmakers on Thursday voted to dissolve parliament for snap elections after Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj resigned in July.

In the 120-seat parliament, a total of 91 deputies attended the vote and 89 of them voted in favor of dissolving the parliament.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci must set a date for early general elections within 30 to 45 days.

Haradinaj stepped down after being summoned as a war crimes suspect by a special tribunal in the Hague for his role in the 1998-99 insurgency against Serb forces.

He is a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK). Previously, he was tried twice at the international tribunal in the Hague but was acquitted for lack of evidence.