12 minutes agoBelgrade places four municipalities in Serbia where Kosovo Serbs will vote
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The Republican Election Commission in Serbia has decided tonight that voters from Kosovo, in the 3 April Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections, can vote at polling stations in four Serbian municipalities -- Bujanoc, Rushe, Kursumli and Tutin. This decision has been made because Kosovo and Serbia authorities have failed [...]
This decision has been made because Kosovo and Serbian authorities have failed to reach agreement on holding the 3 April Serbian elections in Kosovo.
According to the Serbian newspaper “Danas”, several members of the Republic of Election Commission (KRZ) had remarks on this decision, saying Serbia's laws and Constitution were violated by it.
They also suggested the question of who will organise transportation to the polls and who will pay for that transport, as well as who will guarantee their safety.
Republican Election Commission Chairman Vladimir Dimitrijevic said the CRZ is not a body that determines whether the Constitution (Serbia) or legal framework” has been violated, saying this organ operates in accordance with its competencies.
The “is in our power to create a legal framework in which elections will be held for all voters from the area of Kosovo”, he said, broadcast Telegraphy.
He also said that the way voter transportation will be organised is not in the competence of the CEC, nor can it consider it.
Dimitrijevic has said that the decision is the only possible legal way with which Kosovo voters can realise their right to vote on April 3rd.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti, on Monday during a virtual meeting with ambassadors and diplomatic mission chiefs, has said that the hold of Serbia's presidential and parliamentary elections in Kosovo should have an agreement between the two states.
According to him, Kosovo does not want to evade the right to vote Serbian citizens who have dual citizenship, but stresses that at the same time it cannot be done in opposition to the country's legitimacy and constitutionality.
The QUINT] countries have reacted by saying Kosovo is what it decides, but say they are disappointed with the Kosovo government's decision to reject a constructive proposal submitted by QUINTić.
So states the joint statement of the countries of the QUINTʹ, of the United States of America, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy.
On 22 March in Belgrade, Serbian President Vucic met with Kosovo Serb representatives, with whom he talked about the Kosovo Government's decision not to allow Serbia's elections to be held.
On April 3rd, Serbia will hold presidential and parliamentary elections, and Kosovo Serbs, according to Vuciq, will vote in municipalities in central Serbia.
