Along with tear gas and whistles, the protesters’ headline-grabbing tactics to disrupt parliamentary sessions in recent weeks have included throwing eggs at the government.
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“No one has the mandate nor the right to bring Serbia back into Kosovo”, an opposition bloc of which Kurti is part said in a statement.
At least two worst affected female parliamentarians were rushed to hospital to receive necessary treatment for tear gas inhalation. The governing coalition says the opposition wants to come to power through unconstitutional means.
The Kosovo government has called the measure, “Violent…[this attack has] exceeded all bounds of institutional and democratic behavior”.
The Movement for Self-determination, the biggest opposition party in Kosovo, referring to Statistical Agency of Kosovo numbers said the association will have about 30 percent of Kosovo’s territory, while serving 74,000 people – less than five percent of the population.
Earlier this week Prime Minister Isa Mustafa was pelted with eggs on a street.
The “landmark” agreements are aimed at normalising relations between the two countries, according to mediator and European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.
The EU-brokered deal grants more powers to the mainly Serb areas of Kosovo. It has also set up Serb-run municipalities that allow for greater autonomy.
Kosovo, a region riven by ethnic and religious violence for centuries, was a province of Serbia until it declared independence in 2008, a move Serbia strongly rejected.
The 120-seated Assembly of Kosovo is paralyzed since the autumn session started in September by the opposition block of Albanians, although they count only one fourth of the total number of the MPs.
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Credit: Associated Press The Self-Determination party was protesting a recent deal made by the Kosovo government to create Serb-majority municipalities in the country, which would improve ties with Serbia.
