Twenty five political entities – 20 political parties, 4 coalitions and one independent candidate – registered for the upcoming extraordinary elections in Kosovo scheduled for October 6.
CEC spokesperson, Valmir Elezi told Pristina-based Koha that the candidate lists would be released after the CEC certifies them. He announced that the lists would be reviewed on Saturday and that a final decision would be made by September 10.
However, some parties already announced how many candidates will compete for the seat in the seventh convocation of the Kosovo Assembly, while some of them also shared the names of the candidates.
Three parties and one coalition representing Kosovo Serbs
The largest Kosovo Serb party – Serbian List (Srpska Lista) submitted a list of 17 candidates led by former MP Igor Simic.
Serbian List candidate list also includes Zoran Mojsilovic, Miljana Nikolic, Slavko Simic, Ivan Todosijevic, Jasmina Dedic, Milos Perovic, Ljubinko Karadzic, Verica Ceranic, Branislav Nikolic, Milan Kostic, Vinka Radosavljevic, Milan Joksimovic, Ksenija Bozovic, Boza Stojanovic, Mirjana Nikolic, and Svetislav Jokic.
The Liberal Independent Party (SLS) submitted a list of 13 candidates – the party’s chief Slobodan Petrovic confirmed for RTK2.
Kosovo Serb Party (PKS) led by Aleksandar Jablanovic will once again participate in Kosovo’s parliamentary elections, however, it is yet unknown who the list leader is, and how many candidates are on the list.
The Kosovo Serb community will also be represented by the Freedom (Sloboda) coalition, formally comprised of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDS) and the New Party of Kosovo, but also featuring representatives of two civic initiatives and independent candidates. So far, this coalition also did not release a list of candidates.
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