Kosovo will maintain early native elections in 4 municipalities within the Serb-majority north, Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated Wednesday.
“We are getting ready to hold early local elections in the north of Kosovo. Meanwhile, we expect the so-called temporary measures against us (by the EU) to be lifted as soon as possible and the logical thing to be held before the elections,” Kurti stated in a news convention with Kosovo Local Government Minister Elbert Krasniqi.
He added that it’s not attainable to carry elections with out lowering stress within the area.
Krasniqi stated early elections may very well be held if 20% of voters in a municipality signed a petition ready for the dismissal of its mayor.
Early elections in Zvecan, Zubin Potok, Leposavic and Northern Mitrovica had been demanded by the worldwide group to scale back tensions within the area.
In November 2022, native Serb authorities, administrative employees, judges, and law enforcement officials collectively resigned in protest in opposition to Pristina’s proposal to swap out Serbian license plates with ones from Kosovo. After Serbs blocked highways and border crossings in December 2022, the elections for native organizations had been postponed.
The 4 bordering Serbian cities assert that Belgrade is their capital relatively than Pristina since they don’t acknowledge Pristina’s authority. Before they take part within the election, representatives of Kosovo Serbs from the north, notably the Serbian List celebration supported by Belgrade, need to see an affiliation of Kosovo Serb cities established.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
