Krasniqi: The State task was to organize this process for citizens to express their will

Local Power Management Minister Elbert Krasniqi, in a statement to the media, has said their task was to organise this petition and organise this voting process, while citizens express their will through voting.

Our task was to make this petition, with this possibility citizens express their will. The duty of the state was also the organisation of this process and I believe everything has gone well”, Krasniqi said.

Krasniqi has indicated that this right is guaranteed by citizens through local government law

Kosovo's “government has had the task and mandate to enable citizens who wish to express their dissatisfaction or their request for the mayors to leave office, to advance with a right guaranteed through local government law”, the minister has said.

He has indicated that if 50 per cent of citizens plus one participate in this vote, then the country's president, Vjosa Osmani, will announce early elections in the municipalities where there will be success.

“If 50 per cent of citizens plus one are participating in this vote and they vote for the removal of the mayors, then the country's president will announce early elections in municipalities where there will be success”, Krasniqi stressed.

And for the Serbian List, Minister of Management of Local Power has declared that they view institutions for themselves rather than for citizens.

Serbian “List wants to have the monopoly on Serbian politics in Kosovo. They view institutions only for themselves, and not for citizens”, Krasniqi has suggested.

We remember today in the country's four northern municipalities voting for the dismissal of Albanian leaders in northern Mitrovica, Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposaviq.

On the citizens' list of eligible voters are 46 thousand and 556 voters.