KDRK accepts candidate lists for deputies: Verification is under way and will be completed within legal terms

The Central Election Commission has called for the assistance of four institutions to verify candidates for MPs who are competing in next year's February 9th elections, including the Kosovo Judiciary Council.

From this facility they have told Express they have accepted the names of people targeting the MP chair.

The CEC has announced that 25 political subjects and more than 1280 candidates have applied to participate in the February 9th elections and that it has asked competent institutions to make necessary verifications in terms of candidates, including the KRGGK.

From the Kosovo Judiciary Council, they have said they have agreed to verify candidate lists for parliamentary elections.

Furthermore, it is said that the verifiable process is under way and that the same will be completed within legal terms.

Kosovo Judiciary Council (KGJK), comfortable with its mandate, has agreed to verify candidate lists for regular parliamentary elections, which will be held at 09.02.2025. The verifiation process is under way and the same will be completed within the legal terms”, the KDR said.

CECA spokesman Valmir Elezi has said they have asked the Kosovo Judiciary Council to submit to them the names that have been sentenced in the last three years to court rulings of cut one or more years in effective prison.

“In this article, it is estimated that it cannot be certified as a candidate, a person who has been sentenced in the last three (3) with a firm form for criminal action, one or more years in effective prison, so in order to verify, we have asked the Kosovo Judiciary Council to send the names of people from the candidate list if they have been sentenced in the last three years with a court decision to cut for criminal acts, with one or more years of effective imprisonment. ”

CEC also has a request from the Election Panel for Anxiety and Parastres

“Also, this under specifys that the candidate cannot be certified a person who is an official of the Election Panel for Anxiety and Parastance; by the court's decision, including the PZAP decision, has been denied the right to be a candidate; has failed to pay the fine imposed by PZAP, or the CEC; or has failed to abide by any PZAP order. Therefore, we have asked PZAP to make verifications in relation to these legal restrictions. ”

Elez has added that the CEC will co-operate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to verify that MPs' candidates are not officials with specific status on the basis of the Law for Public Officials or Foreign Service Members and diplomatic representatives.

“Article 30 of the Law for General Elections predicts that the candidate cannot be a person who is functional with special status on the basis of the Law in force for public officials or member of the foreign service and diplomat representative. To do the necessary verifications of these legal restrictions, we will co-operate with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora. ”

While the CEC itself will verify that candidates are not leaders or members of the CEC's Municipal Election Commission.