The candidates of the Serbian List will be able to take part in the elections for the presidents of the municipalities in the Kosovo north, because the appeal they filed has been accepted, Belgrade based news agency Tanjug reported.
The CEC's Appeal Panel in Pristina adopted the appeal of the Serbian List, whose candidates were not confirmed yesterday.
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.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has certified today runoff election results for the municipalities of Pristina, Prizren, Klina, Rahovec/Orahovac and Ferizaj/Urosevac. The CEC also certified the final list of voters for the upcoming revote in the municipality of Istog consisting of just over 49,000 persons.
The Central Election Commission has certified runoff election results for the municipalities of Gjakova/Djakovica, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Dragash/Dragas, Kaçanik/Kacanik, Kamenicë/Kamenica, Mitrovica, Obiliq/Obilic, Podujevë/Podujevo, Shtime/Stimlje, Suharekë/Suva Reka, Vushtrri/Vucitrn and Malishevë/Malisevo, and certified the revote results for the municipality of Partesh/Partes.
The Central Election Commission has published the names of future councillors in the assemblies of municipalities in Kosovo. In all ten municipalities with a Serb majority, the candidates of the Serbian List won most of the councillor seats.
Results were announced last night after re-counting about 700 ballot boxes. Possible complaints of election results can be submitted as of today, from 12 o'clock, to when more detailed results will be announced, according to the CEC, Kossev reports.
Central Election Commission (CEC) expects to announce final local election results during this week, said spokesperson Valmir Elezi. He explained that the counting of conditional ballots will be concluded by Wednesday. “Once the final elections are announced, political entities and candidates can file their complaints with relevant institutions,” Elezi said.
The Central Election Commission decided that the pre-election campaign for the second round of elections for mayors of municipalities to be hold from November 13 to 17.
The pre-election campaign in the first round of voting lasted for a month.
At the same time, the Election Panel for complaints told the Pristina media that during the election day there were 223 complaints on manipulation during the elections that are being considered.
Central Election Commission (CEC) has ordered the recount of 24 ballot boxes from Sunday’s local elections, announced CEC officials today. Of 24 boxes, 21 contain ballots for municipal assemblies and 3 for mayoral elections. CEC said it has received 7,621 ballots through post and that 6,735 have been approved.
A representative from the Serbian community in the Central Election Commission, Stevan Veselinović, told Radio Gračanica that the vote in Kosovo flows regular, with sporadic and technical problems that were resolved at the very moment.
"For now, everything flows well, except for some small, sporadic technical problems. There were some small incidents that were resolved at the very moment," Veselinović told Radio Gračanica.