Elections in Serbia, Albanians claim three deputies at minimum

In this election of Serbia, the Albanians of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanoc compete on two lists and claim to have three to four deputies.

Meanwhile, it has been written that just days before elections in Serbia, more than 6,000 Albanian citizens living in Serbia have been removed from voter lists. A move that activists and researchers say is due because they are ethnic Albanians, writes Euraciv.

The Kosovo government has not allowed Serbs living in our country to vote like previous years, saying they want to implement the Kosovo Constitution. Serbs have been given the opportunity to vote in Serbia's liaison office in Kosovo, which is not accepted by Belgrade, which has assigned two polling stations for Kosovo Serbs, the one in Rakes and the town of Bujanoc.

It is learned that Serbs from several cities will head towards Serbia in organised transport, but from some municipalities they will also travel with their cars. Last night, it was reported that groups of Serbs waited in line to be supplied with oil to go and vote in Serbia.

Also, it was said that free fuel was given at a point of derivatives, where it was stressed that money for this was used by the fund to treat sick children.

Otherwise, polls say Vuciq could win presidential elections in the first round. While the divided opposition is given only chances in the capital, Belgrade.

The opposition has largely boycotted the previous 2020 parliamentary elections due to unjust conditions. Some coalitions are now expected to be introduced into parliament. The United Coalition for Serbia (US), comprised of a wide spectrum of centre-left and right democratic parties, could get between 15 per cent of the vote. Their presidential candidate, Zdravko Ponos, former chief of the Army General Staff, could win even more votes. The new left-celled coalition “Moramo” could also pass the three per cent threshold of votes and enter parliament.

The right nationalist scene, which ran with five presidential candidates and five lists, is going through a much harder time. True, many voters are open to patriotic and nationalist slogans. Over 80 per cent of the country's citizens refuse Serbia's NATO membership, and about two-thirds view Russia as the most important partner. However, the rightist and nationalists do not really have good chances of entering parliament. /Kosovo pres/