The Serb community that refused to register will pay for it itself

Effects from nonparticipation in this process, which is estimated to be very important, are expected to be observed in some areas.

The first “, should be considered that the budget for municipalities is divided based on the population number, the number of asmblists in municipalities is assigned based on the population number. Then capital investments from the centre, especially in the education and health sector, are divided according to the population. The total population is central, especially the category of the general grant. Then the grant to social and educational issues is the other formula, but in the general grant where municipalities take mostly means, these municipalities that have not participated in the population census are expected to be financially impoverished. ”, Bekim Salihu said from the GAP Institute.

According to Bekim Salih from the GAP Institute, taking into account ASS statistics expected to be published in July, the executive may consider these four municipalities with few residents.

“For the territory, Leposaviqi is the second largest municipality, so the Government of Kosovo in a future can follow the formula to draw an extra budget for small municipalities and where Leposaviqi as a result of a destructive, rejective and controversial approach that he has followed, from an important municipality to become a trivial municipality of”, he added further.

That residents of northern Mitrovica Zvecan, Zubin Potok's Leposaviqi will pay the boycott bill, and economic connoisseur Drem Hamid says.

“All projections were made based on the 2011 census statistics, but with this latest census some municipalities have emerged with mostly residents like Fushë Kosova and therefore the budget for it will be increased, while northern municipalities will be financially damaged.”, Hamid said.

However, based on a 2022 population assessment, according to the Kosovo Statistics Agency, close to 400,000 people live in four northern municipalities.

On 5 April, when the census began, the Serbian List had said Serbs would not participate in the population registration process. Serbs did not participate in the 2011 census either.