Three northern municipalities have not yet applied to join the Kosovo Communist Association

A month ago, the North Mitrovica municipality has joined the Kosovo Association of Communists. That is what three other northern municipalities -- Leposaviqi, Zubin Potoku and Zvecani -- are expected to do, as their municipal municipalities have already given the green light.

The three municipal municipalities have voted in favour of joining these municipalities in the AKK, while the legality of these decisions in the Ministry of Management of Local Power is now expected to be considered.

The membership procedures have been discussed by AKK Executive Director Samantha Ibrahimi.

These municipal assembly decisions that have been made in the respective municipalities must go towards review of legitimacy at the Ministry of Management of Local Power. After reviewing the legality of those decisions, the mayors of those municipalities submit their formal application to the Kosovo Communist Association for membership, and then the Board makes a decision on when the extraordinary Assembly must be called”, Ibrahim said, about Telegrafi.

He has since indicated that he has not yet accepted official request from these three municipalities.

In the end, Ibrahim has added that the AKK is a volunteer organisation and that its mission is to protect the interest of municipalities towards the central level.

“The AKK has nothing to do with politics. So we are not political mechanisms and our mission is to protect the interest of municipalities towards the central level. The Communist Association is a nongovernmental organisation that protects the interests of municipalities. It is a voluntary organisation founded based on the European Charter on Local Self-Government, and every municipality in Kosovo has an interest in membership in AKK”, it has ended.