Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday that the US representative to the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer told him two months ago that Washington expected Kosovo opposition politicians Albin Kurti and Isa Mustafa would form a new government, the Belgrade based news agency Beta reports.
Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti reports that Stevan Veselinovic, a member of the Serbian List in the CEC, said that this decision was completely political and against the democratic rights of the Serbian people, that it was violation of all elementary rights of the Serbs.
Veselinovic announced an appeal to the Election Appeals Panel and then, if necessary, to higher court instances.
Central Election Commission confirmed the candidacies of representatives of the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Self-Determination Movement, but not the representatives of the Serbian List, reports Serbian media.
According to RTS, members of the Election Commission from the Self-Determination Movement abstained during the voting and thus prevented the acceptance of the Serbian List candidate in this decision-making circle.
TV Most reports on Monday that Self-determination Movement has announced it would vote against proposal and candidates of the Serbian List, unless there is a concrete evidence that “Serbian candidates will respect the constitutional order in Kosovo”.
They have explained that participation of Serbian List candidates at the elections to be held on May 19 cannot be confirmed if eight of the nine members of the Central Election Commission do not vote for them.
Srpska Lista candidates for mayors in the four northern municipalities are Zoran Todic, Srdjan Vulovic, Vucina Jankovic and Goran Rakic, Radio KIM reports referring to Pristina-based daily Zeri.
Srpska Lista submitted on Thursday its request to the Central Election Commission for the participation at the forthcoming extraordinary mayoral elections in the north. The elections are scheduled to take place on May 19.
Self-determination Movement is a host of a third roundtable dedicated to resolving current issues and reaching a consensus on Kosovo, Serbian media reported.
The topic of today’s roundtable is „Solution through elections“ and as Self-determination noted, all political parties registered at the Kosovo Central Commission are invited, apart from those who do not recognize Kosovo independence, so Srpska Lista did not get invitation.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – The international community should not try to deny the Kurdish people’s right to live in freedom and peace, an Albanian activist and politician asserted.
Visar Ymeri, the leader of the Self-Determination movement in Kosovo, while speaking with Kurdistan 24 during a visit to the US, said that nobody has the right to deny the Kurdish people their dream of an independent state.
Serbian daily Blic runs an analysis on 5 possible solutions for Kosovo, how to get out of the current political deadlock. The daily also said the second option would be the worst for the Serbs in Kosovo.
After performing strongly in the general election, the opposition movement hopes to replicate this success in October’s local polls.
Kosovo’s opposition Vetevendosje party may prove a strong contender in the municipal elections set for October 22, after the general elections this June showed a surprising spike in its popularity.
RTK 2 referring to Pristina based media reports on claims by Ramush Haradinaj, one of the possible candidates for the Prime Minister that he has secured 61 votes for forming the government, reported it is still uncertain with whom Srpska Lista will be, however this List states they are open to negotiations.