According to Minister Krasniqi, Serbian List wants monopoly on Kosovo Serbs' policy

In a statement to reporters from Leposaviqi, where he visited polling stations, Krasniqi also stopped at boycotting the voting process from the Serb List, the main party of Serbs in Kosovo who enjoys Belgrade's support, which he accused of wanting to have “monopol” on the Serb community's policy in Kosovo.

Serbian “List wants to have the monopoly on the policy of Serbs in Kosovo. They view institutions only for themselves, not for citizens. They continue to have seats reserved for the Serb community in the Kosovo Assembly, and do not represent the interests of citizens, but receive the Kosovo Assembly salaries. Now citizens, even by vote, declare whether they are for the removal of the mayors or not”, Krasniqi said.

He said the institutions have realised all obligations for maintaining this process, ranging from the release of administrative instruction in September to organising the vote on April 21st.

Voter exit is low. According to the Central Election Commission, until 11:00, only 85 people have voted.

Citizens participating in the election choose option “po” or “jo” regarding the dismissal of Albanian mayors.

For the process to be successful, 50 percent plus one voter must vote for the mayors' departure. On the contrary, such an initiative may be undertaken again in 12 months.

Serbs had boycotted April elections last year, when current Albanian mayors were elected.

In May 2023, when these mayors went to the office to start the mandate, they faced revolts from the local population, which protested in front of municipal buildings, which were at the same time objects of municipalities operating according to the Serbian system.