25 Serbian recorders withdraw from population census, Kastrati: Pressured by Serbian List

He confirmed this for Periscope Avni Kastrati, Kosovo Statistics Agency director task manager.

There's a piece that's resigned, and we have another team on Monday, we start training for that part that's been announced, there's a lot of interested people on Monday, and on Tuesday and there's training being held because these two days are also bound to happen. They have resigned because they have been pressured by the Serbian List, but several other citizens have been warned, and I don't think there may be a 148x1> boycott.He said.

However, according to Kastrati, there are enough staff to carry out the process.

“24-25 who have been now are commissioners at the referendum they have, they say we're going to work for the CEC, not for population registration, but there's another team, we have enough staff. If they're out on the ground and they're admitted, we can still cover the record there“He said Periscope.

He said 30 others have applied to replace the resigns.

“Po in the north most of them are 24-25 Serbs, it's the largest number we've requested, about 30 people have applied and passed on to the commission, and we're waiting for them to train and get to the ground“He shows.

During the last census in Kosovo, held in 2011, the process had not been held in four Serb majority municipalities in the north and was partially boycotted in other Serb-run municipalities in Kosovo.

The new census was supposed to be held in 2021, but it was postponed because of the coronary virus pandemic. Meanwhile last year has been postponed twice more.

Under the Law on Population Recording, Family Economics and Homes, each person can be fined between 30 and 2,000 euros if he refuses to provide information requested by the recorder.

Fines are even bigger, up to 20,000 euros, for businesses./Periscopi

Population census X Most Serbian recorders withdraw