The Serbian List's boycott of the chairmanship, German ambassador: Clear Case of Pressure Against Citizens in the North

The position of the Serbian List is not to take part in the referendum, called by Albin Kurti [Kosovo Prime Minister], because he did everything he could to fail”, Serbian List Chairman Zlatko Elek said Sunday at a media conference in Northern Mitrovica.

Linked to this position of the Serbian List, German Ambassador Jorn Rohde in a proposal for Telegrafi has said this approach to this subject is disturbing.

On April 21st, Kosovo election bodies will hold the vote for the withdrawal of mayors in four northern municipalities. It's extremely sad and I have to say worrying that the Serbian List has decided not to take part in the vote again. It is a clear case here that citizens in the north are again being pressured not to participate in democratic processes”, Ambassador Rohde said.

He has said the Serbian List policy in these months could be described in two words “bojkos and resignation”.

Rohde has further said this is another one of the Serb List's autogogues.

For me, the Serbian List's policy in the past 18 months can be summed up sincerely in two words: cell phones and resignations. This is catastrophic, an injury to all citizens of northern municipalities and another autogogue from the Serbian List, of course it doesn't help to ensure that we will have heads in the north who represent fully the electorate, which they serve”, Rohde told Telegrafi.

Kosovo's Central Election Commission decided that the vote should be held in 21, after verifying citizens' signatures in petitions for the dismissal of mayors of Serb majority municipalities in northern Kosovo, northern Mitrovica, Leposaviq, Zvecan and Zubin Potok.

The signatures gathered in mid-January in line with an administrative guide issued by the Government of Kosovo in order to pave the way for announcing early elections in northern municipalities, because the local Serb population has not accepted Albanian mayors.

According to the directive, adopted last September, for this vote to be successful, it takes 50 percent, plus one vote of citizens with the right vote. /Telegraphy/

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