President: If rules change, I will call on Serbs to vote

Tomislav Nikolić has said that Serbia has "a very tight deadline to try to convince the EU and Priština to change the electoral legislature in Kosovo."

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 13.01.2014.

10:53

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BELGRADE Tomislav Nikolic has said that Serbia has "a very tight deadline to try to convince the EU and Pristina to change the electoral legislature in Kosovo." This should be done "to make it possible for Serbs to participate in the provincial elections," the president told the daily Vecernje Novosti over the weekend. President: If rules change, I will call on Serbs to vote “If this is not done, who will be the one to call on Serbs to go to the polls, I will certainly not do that,” Nikolic said. Asked what bothers him in particular in the electoral legislation, the Serbian president said that this legislation does not take into account the Serb minority, the community of Serb municipalities and certain automatic rights. “Besides, I am afraid that we will again have a problem with the right to vote,” Nikolic said. “Pristina cannot agree first that all displaced persons should have the right to vote and then discard all their applications,” he said. As planned, the electoral reforms should be completed in Kosovo-Metohija by the end of January ahead of the regular central elections in autumn, which are accompanied by a number of uncertainties in terms of participation of Serbs, the daily reads. One of the issues refers to around 230,000 displaced people from Kosovo andMetohija and their right to vote. It is assessed that at least a half of them has the right to vote, but there are indications that Pristina could prevent them from casting ballots since with the votes of the displaced persons, Serbs in the Kosovo parliament could constitute "the third, and even maybe the second," strongest political force, writes the daily. (Beta, file) Tanjug Vecernje novosti

President: If rules change, I will call on Serbs to vote

“If this is not done, who will be the one to call on Serbs to go to the polls, I will certainly not do that,” Nikolić said.

Asked what bothers him in particular in the electoral legislation, the Serbian president said that this legislation does not take into account the Serb minority, the community of Serb municipalities and certain automatic rights.

“Besides, I am afraid that we will again have a problem with the right to vote,” Nikolić said.

“Priština cannot agree first that all displaced persons should have the right to vote and then discard all their applications,” he said.

As planned, the electoral reforms should be completed in Kosovo-Metohija by the end of January ahead of the regular central elections in autumn, which are accompanied by a number of uncertainties in terms of participation of Serbs, the daily reads.

One of the issues refers to around 230,000 displaced people from Kosovo andMetohija and their right to vote.

It is assessed that at least a half of them has the right to vote, but there are indications that Priština could prevent them from casting ballots since with the votes of the displaced persons, Serbs in the Kosovo parliament could constitute "the third, and even maybe the second," strongest political force, writes the daily.

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