Vow of new mayors in the north Thursday at public buildings

“Next to public buildings in these municipalities will be held constitutional sessions and the oath of three new mayors”, the prime minister said.

He also disclosed that in the municipality of northern Mitrovica, where Erden Attic, from the ranks of the Vetevendosje Movement, four directors have been appointed.

“ [There are] a Serb, a Bosniak, an Egyptian and an Albanian of them two women, and this is progress that should be normalised”, Curit said.

The elections in the four municipalities in northern Kosovo -- inhabited by Serb majority -- northern Mitrovica, Zvecan, Leposaviq and Zubin Potok -- were held after preliminary leaders from the largest Serbian party in Kosovo, the Serbian List -- resigned last November.

Members of the Serb community widely boycotted the April elections and said they do not accept the results, young leaders from the Albanian community respectively.

Kurti said Serbian citizens have been commissioned by Belgrade officially not to go to the polls, but said the Government of Kosovo aims to operate institutions and work in these municipalities, in order to ensure public services and services for all citizens.

This is not a choice, it's our duty. We engage in this by defending human rights, civil liberties, rule of law, political pluralism, peace and security in the country, because all of these are normal in democracy, and in Republic”, Kurti said.