110,000 people eligible to vote in Kosovo

The Serbian presidential and parliamentary elections will also be held in Kosovo on Sunday. The elections will be organized by the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) while OSCE has a mandate to facilitate voting at a total of 90 polling stations at 28 locations throughout the province. 110,000 people eligible to vote in Kosovo Around 110,000 citizens entered in the electoral roll will be able to exercise their voting rights. Despite the decision of the Serbian government about not holding local elections in Kosovo and despite the opposition of the international community, representatives of the Serb municipalities of Zubin Potok and Zvecan in the north of the province have announced that they will hold the local elections anyway. The right to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections can be exercised by all the voters who have a valid document issued by the Republic of Serbia and who are enrolled in the voters' list. Under the agreement between RIK and OSCE, which was welcomed by the Quint countries and representatives of the international missions in Kosovo, OSCE is responsible only for the voting process, but not for counting the votes, which will be conducted outside the territory of Kosovo, in the southern Serbian towns of Vranje and Raska. About 500 OSCE observers will take part in the process of monitoring the elections. They will be part of the polling stations' staff, while in front of the polling places only symbols of the organization will be allowed. The presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Kosovo in line with UNSC Resolution 1244. The organization of local elections in the province was dropped after relevant consultations with UNMIK, which, according to the document, is in charge of organizing elections in Kosovo. The plan of the two municipalities in northern Kosovo to organize the local elections was met with opposition by OSCE, which has announced that, if the intention to hold the elections persists, the OSCE reserves the right to withdraw from its facilitating role. Offering a solution, the municipalities of Zubin Potok and Zvecan have announced that the local elections will not be held in the same rooms where people will vote for the future Serbian president and parliamentary deputies. The counting of ballots from the local elections will be conducted on site. “KFOR is ready for the Serbian elections in Kosovo,” said KFOR Commander German General Erhard Drews, adding that the international military forces would retain a neutral stance, that is, KFOR will provide support where necessary and its units will be ready to provide security in Kosovo. Tanjug

110,000 people eligible to vote in Kosovo

Around 110,000 citizens entered in the electoral roll will be able to exercise their voting rights.

Despite the decision of the Serbian government about not holding local elections in Kosovo and despite the opposition of the international community, representatives of the Serb municipalities of Zubin Potok and Zvečan in the north of the province have announced that they will hold the local elections anyway.

The right to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections can be exercised by all the voters who have a valid document issued by the Republic of Serbia and who are enrolled in the voters' list.

Under the agreement between RIK and OSCE, which was welcomed by the Quint countries and representatives of the international missions in Kosovo, OSCE is responsible only for the voting process, but not for counting the votes, which will be conducted outside the territory of Kosovo, in the southern Serbian towns of Vranje and Raška.

About 500 OSCE observers will take part in the process of monitoring the elections. They will be part of the polling stations' staff, while in front of the polling places only symbols of the organization will be allowed.

The presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Kosovo in line with UNSC Resolution 1244. The organization of local elections in the province was dropped after relevant consultations with UNMIK, which, according to the document, is in charge of organizing elections in Kosovo.

The plan of the two municipalities in northern Kosovo to organize the local elections was met with opposition by OSCE, which has announced that, if the intention to hold the elections persists, the OSCE reserves the right to withdraw from its facilitating role.

Offering a solution, the municipalities of Zubin Potok and Zvečan have announced that the local elections will not be held in the same rooms where people will vote for the future Serbian president and parliamentary deputies.

The counting of ballots from the local elections will be conducted on site.

“KFOR is ready for the Serbian elections in Kosovo,” said KFOR Commander German General Erhard Drews, adding that the international military forces would retain a neutral stance, that is, KFOR will provide support where necessary and its units will be ready to provide security in Kosovo.