Kosovo: Main Serbian party’s appeal upheld, its participation will be allowed

A secondary body of Kosovo’s electoral commission on Wednesday 25/12 overturned a decision announced on Monday, banning the main party of Kosovo Serbs from participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections. “The Central Electoral Commission is ordered to certify the political entity Serbian List and its candidates” ahead of the election, which is scheduled to be held on February 9, the electoral commission’s protest and application review body said in its decision, distributed to media. Of the 120 seats in Kosovo’s parliament, ten are reserved by quota for the Serb community. They are all currently occupied by members of the Serbian List. But the central electoral commission refused on Monday to allow the participation of the Serbian List in the elections, because it does not recognize the statehood of Kosovo and acts “as if it were in Serbia and not in Kosovo”. The Serbian List appealed against this decision, judging that it completed “all” the necessary “legal procedures” and fulfills the […]
Source: News Beast

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