PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND THE QUALITY OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN KOSOVO

Abstract

The parliamentary electoral system in Kosovo is special; the whole territory of the state is an electoral zone, where voted for the party with an open list of candidates for deputies, at the beginning it was voted for 10 candidates, and currently for five candidates. Despite the minutes of the polling centers, the votes are once again counted at the state level by the Counting and Results Center. Argumentation of the thesis that, this form of voting enables the voter vote not to go to the selected candidate, but the close party leadership decides during the recount process for the desired list of deputies. The main focus will be on arguing the essence of the problem that, this electoral system deforms the will of the voter. It enables the creation of party cliques, close informal groups in the party, whose willpower will be reflected in the governance of the state and the quality of proclaimed democracy. Party clicks are a precondition for corruption and organized crime. In such circumstances, reform of the parliamentary electoral system is necessary. Argumentation of the direct effects of the type of electoral system on the quality of democratic governance. Keywords: vote alienation, party clique, institutional corruption, authoritarian governance.