North threatens election boycott (Koha Ditore)
The paper reports on the front page that while Albanian political parties south of the Ibër/Ibar River have officially started their election campaigns, the Serb-inhabited northern municipalities have decided to do the opposite by stopping their electoral activities. Serbs are claiming that “decisions made by the Central Election Commission (CEC) are violating the law and rights of minority communities”. Northern Serbs say that the CEC decision to appoint voting center councils was not in accordance with the ethnic structure of the northern municipalities. Serb representatives are also against symbols of the “Republic of Kosovo” being included on the ballots for the upcoming elections. They say that if the CEC does not change its decisions they might opt not to take part in the elections.