5 days campaign, 30 complaints

The first complaints have been started in the direction of the Ances and Parases Electoral Panel for October 22nd local elections.

PZAP Secretariat Chairman Mule Descu told Radio Kosovo that for the first five days of the election campaign at PZAP a large number of complaints have been submitted, which are under consideration.

By 7:00 yesterday, P ZAP has accepted a total of 32 complaints. Of them 14 were approved. Four were rejected. While 14 are in the screening procedure and will be placed within the legal deadline”, he said.

According to Descu, the nature of complaints filed at PZAP concerned violations of the code of courtesy by political parties during the election campaign. So far as the political subject, the Vetevendosje Movement is the only party to have filed complaints at PZAP for violations of the electoral code.

Only two complaints were filed by a subject and an NGO, while 30 complaints were filed by the Vetevendosje and KDI Movement, or the Kosovo Democratic Institute. The nature of the complaints mainly concerns breaking the code of courtesy during making the election campaign of political subjects, candidates and their supporters”, Descu said.

The election campaign for the October 22nd local elections started six days ago and will last a month. Political parties will close the campaign on October 20th. October 21st will be the electoral silence. And on October 22nd, local elections will be held for mayors and municipal assemblies.