Vulin to "ask PM to vote" in local elections in Kosovo

BELGRADE Aleksandar Vulin says voting in the local election in Kosovo will be organized wherever there are Serbs who were displaced from Kosovo, or born in the province. When the local election is held in Kosovo on November 3, Serbs will turn to and communicate with the OSCE, the head of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija told the daily Vecernje Novosti in an interview. Vulin to "ask PM to vote" in local elections in Kosovo "The OSCE Mission will be in charge of organizing the election not only in Kosovo, but everywhere there are IDPs or people born in Kosovo. Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, who was born in Kosovo, has the right to vote. I will ask him to do so," said Vulin. The OSCE will be the Serb parties' communication link for everything concerning the election, because Serbia does not recognize the state of Kosovo, said Vulin. "We will have representatives in the central electoral commission and all other electoral commissions, because the vote counting must be monitored," he added. Vulin said he "knows Serbs will prove they care about the state of Serbia." "The best thing would be if the election was called by (Parliament Speaker) Nebojsa Stefanovic. This is not possible, but we will do everything to make sure Serbs remain in Kosovo and have their own police chief, judges, prosecutors," he said, and added: "As far as the international community is concerned, they will accept any election result, whether 50 percent of Serbs come out to the polls or not at all. I do not have the courage to allow Adrijana Hodzic (the head of the Kosovo government's office in northern Kosovska Mitrovica) to be voted mayor of Kosovska Mitrovica." "A single candidate list is the best solution, because I expect Pristina will take advantage of any opportunity it gets because of our lack of unity," he added. (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

Vulin to "ask PM to vote" in local elections in Kosovo

"The OSCE Mission will be in charge of organizing the election not only in Kosovo, but everywhere there are IDPs or people born in Kosovo. Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić, who was born in Kosovo, has the right to vote. I will ask him to do so," said Vulin.

The OSCE will be the Serb parties' communication link for everything concerning the election, because Serbia does not recognize the state of Kosovo, said Vulin.

"We will have representatives in the central electoral commission and all other electoral commissions, because the vote counting must be monitored," he added.

Vulin said he "knows Serbs will prove they care about the state of Serbia."

"The best thing would be if the election was called by (Parliament Speaker) Nebojsa Stefanović. This is not possible, but we will do everything to make sure Serbs remain in Kosovo and have their own police chief, judges, prosecutors," he said, and added:

"As far as the international community is concerned, they will accept any election result, whether 50 percent of Serbs come out to the polls or not at all. I do not have the courage to allow Adrijana Hodzic (the head of the Kosovo government's office in northern Kosovska Mitrovica) to be voted mayor of Kosovska Mitrovica."

"A single candidate list is the best solution, because I expect Priština will take advantage of any opportunity it gets because of our lack of unity," he added.