an hour agoVon Croamon asks Serbian List to participate in elections
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)The rapporteur for Kosovo in the European Parliament, Violet Von Cremon, has asked the Serbian List of the largest Serb party in Kosovo to participate in the four Serb majority municipalities' elections in the country's north. “We deeply regret refusing the Serbian List to receive [...]
“We deeply regret the Serb List's refusal to participate in the elections in northern Kosovo and encourage it to hand over its electoral list without delay [in the CEC]”, it has written on Twitter.
The Central Election Commission (KQZ) in Kosovo has said Wednesday that no political subject has applied to participate in these elections, so neither has the Serbian List. The deadline for application has been until 22 March, but Von Cromon has urged authorities in Kosovo to postpone it.
The elections are scheduled to be held on April 23rd, following their postponement in December last year, at the request of the international community.
During the day today, this party said it would not participate in the elections “before all, due to the failure to meet our clear demands, which were the reason we left Kosovo institutions, the formation of the Association of Serbian municipalities” respectively.
The Kosovo rapporteur cited Article 7 of the Agreement towards normalisation, which is required to ensure “an appropriate level of self-awareness for the Serb community in Kosovo”, and said the refusal to participate in elections by the Serbian List did not meet the expectations of the pledges given.
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said yesterday that this article speaks of reaching a “acquireing self-adjustation” and not about association.
But, on the same day, the European Empire for Dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said Article 7 of the Agreement towards normalisation does not include new pledges for Kosovo, but implies the creation of association.
Croamon has called on both sides to show commitment in implementing the 27 February Agreement and Anex, which was reached on March 18th.
Earlier in the day, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that if the agreement between Kosovo and Serbia is implemented, it would pave the way for the recognition of Kosovo by the five European Union countries that have not recognised it.
Even the EU's top representative for Foreign Policy and Security, Josep Borrell, said they will monitor “carefully who implements the agreement of who does not”.
