UNMIK sets date for Kosovo elections

UNMIK Chief Joackim Ruecker has announced Kosovo will hold municipal and parliamentary elections on November 17.

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UNMIK Chief Joackim Ruecker has announced Kosovo will hold municipal and parliamentary elections on November 17. “In light of the Pristina negotiating team’s request for parliamentary and municipal elections to take place in November, as required by the law, I have decided that these elections will be held on November 17,” Ruecker said after a meeting with Pristina team members on Friday. UNMIK sets date for Kosovo elections “It is crucial that democracy runs its course notwithstanding the paramount importance of concluding the status process,” he stressed. Ruecker was also clear that he reserved the right to postpone the elections date “should there be a conflict, in particular should the holding of elections be used as an excuse to delay status settlement.” It was also agreed at the meeting that the holding of elections was conditioned on the political parties “not acting in any way that is detrimental to the status process.” Ruecker said that the November 17 elections date required that the political entities wishing to take part respect all technical deadlines, adding that parties, citizens’ groups and individuals had to obtain licenses by September 12 in order to participate. The electorate will be choosing assembly members, municipal assembly members and, for the first time, will directly elect mayors for each of Kosovo’s 30 municipalities. The regulations set out single districts – all of Kosovo for the central election and existing municipalities for local elections. Seats will be allocated according to proportional representation system. The most notable change to the electoral system is the open list for seats. Voters will be able to cast a ballot for both a political entity and up to 10 individuals within the same political entity’s candidate list, UNMIK said in a statement.

UNMIK sets date for Kosovo elections

“It is crucial that democracy runs its course notwithstanding the paramount importance of concluding the status process,” he stressed.

Ruecker was also clear that he reserved the right to postpone the elections date “should there be a conflict, in particular should the holding of elections be used as an excuse to delay status settlement.”

It was also agreed at the meeting that the holding of elections was conditioned on the political parties “not acting in any way that is detrimental to the status process.”

Ruecker said that the November 17 elections date required that the political entities wishing to take part respect all technical deadlines, adding that parties, citizens’ groups and individuals had to obtain licenses by September 12 in order to participate.

The electorate will be choosing assembly members, municipal assembly members and, for the first time, will directly elect mayors for each of Kosovo’s 30 municipalities.

The regulations set out single districts – all of Kosovo for the central election and existing municipalities for local elections. Seats will be allocated according to proportional representation system.

The most notable change to the electoral system is the open list for seats. Voters will be able to cast a ballot for both a political entity and up to 10 individuals within the same political entity’s candidate list, UNMIK said in a statement.

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