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Kosovo prosecution continues investigation of alleged poisoning (RTS)

Serbian national broadcaster RTS reports today that although it was officially stated there were no traces of poison in the blood of the Central Election Commission members who were in touch with election envelops from central Serbia, Kosovo prosecution announced it would continue investigation of this case abroad. Representative of the Kosovo prosecution Artan Grantoli said the samples were already sent for examination to the laboratory outside Kosovo.

No poisoning symptoms found among CEC members in Pristina (Radio KIM, RTS)

Director of the Infective Diseases Clinic in Pristina Lindita Ajazaj-Berisha said the analysis showed there were no symptoms of poisoning present among the members of the Central Election Commission (CEC), Serbian media report. Speaking at a press conference, Ajazaj-Berisha said that 12 patients currently staying in that clinic do not have infective syndrome. “Their health condition is good. The patients have no complains. There is no infective syndrome. All tests are normal.

Srpska Lista: Envelops without supervision, votes disputable now (RTS)

Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided not to count votes from the central Serbia until responsible bodies perform analysis because some CEC members reported unpleasant outdoors after touching the envelops and subsequent itching as well as suspicion of being poisoned, RTS reports today. Meanwhile, Srpska Lista said that “re-tailoring of peoples’ will” is taking place. Following an extraordinary meeting of the Kosovo Central Election Commission that ended last night shorty before 21.00 hrs, CEC chairwoman Valdete Daka confirmed that “suspicious envelops” from the central Serbia

Simic: CEC still without replay to Srpska Lista request (RTS, Kosovo-online)

Srpska Lista Deputy Chair Igor Simic said the Election Appeals and Complaints Panel still did not respond to the request of Srpska Lista to annul decision to ban voting with the Serbian documents in the upcoming Kosovo elections, scheduled on October 6, RTS reports. He added that Srpska Lista will always support the Serbian people, and be defense against attempts of any sort, including the institutional violence carried out in this manner.

Trajkovic on CEC decision: Agreement between Pristina and international community (N1, Kosovo-online)

Member of Serbian National Forum Presidency Momcilo Trajkovic assessed today that the current Pristina authorities “would not dare to make decision on thier own” based on which voting in the upcoming Kosovo elections on October 6 would be possible using Kosovo issued documents only, Kosovo-online portal reports.

Djuric: Decision to deny Serbs right to vote, attempt to erase them from Kosovo (Kosovo-online portal)

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said today decision of the Central Election Commission in Pristina to deny right to Serbs to cast the vote with Serbian ID cards, respectively, with valid personal documents runs contrary to the applicable laws that Pristina made itself and represents an attempt to politically “erase the Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija,” with an administrative instruction, Kosovo-online portal reports. He underlined it is a sort of political persecution that must not be allowed.

Serb member of CEC left session in protest over documents (N1, BETA)

A member of Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC) Stevan Veselinovic left the CEC session after it decided that all documents of the voters in the early parliamentary elections on October 6 had to be issued by Pristina, BETA news agency reports on Tuesday. Veselinovic said that such a move violated the law and electoral rules which CEC should implement. “The decision violets Election Law’s article 90 and Election Rules article 16 which stipulate that during the vote, all valid IDs can be used except the drivers’ licenses which must be issued in Kosovo,” he added. He recalled the law was

Serbian List filed complaint related to Central Election Commission decision (Radio kontakt plus, RTK)

The Serbian List filed the complaint to the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) following the decision of the Central Election Commission that failed to certify candidacy of Serbian List’s candidates running for mayoral elections in northern Kosovo municipalities, RTK reports. ECAP is a higher instance to take decisions, following the ones made by the Central Election Commission.

Milojevic: Yet another form of pressure on Serbian List and its candidates (TV Most)

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. Srđan Milojevic, Program Coordinator of local NGO Advocacy Center for Democratic Culture told TV Most that this can be understood as anot