The opposition Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) is seeking to block the certification of candidates from the main Kosovo Serb party, Srpska Lista, for upcoming snap local elections in the country’s Serb-majority north.
At a meeting of Kosovo’s Central Election Commission on Tuesday, Vetevendosje refused to vote in favour of certifying candidates from the Srpska Lista party to run in the May 19 polls, arguing that three of them had breached the constitution by resigning as mayors of the same municipalities in which they want to run for office again.
“I am not against minorities in Kosovo, but in this specific case we understand that these elections derive from an extraordinary situation. Three out of four [Srpska Lista] candidates are former mayors of these municipalities,” said Adnan Rrustemi, a Vetevendosje representative on the Central Election Commission.
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