The holding of elections in the four northern municipalities on April 23 has raised fears about the creation of new tensions, despite the readiness of Kosovo’s institutions to offer a peaceful and incident-free election process. The non-participation of the Serbian List in the elections is being considered as an opportunity for the parallel structures in the north to hinder the electoral process and put pressure on the citizens not to vote.
Despite the possibility of contesting the legitimacy of the electoral process in the north, the government and the opposition consider it necessary to hold these elections, especially after the support of the QUNIT states. However, the election process monitors raise concerns that there may be obstacles to the organization of the elections in the voting centers by the local Serbian officials there. On the other hand, the Central Electoral Commission has not indicated whether there are technical obstacles for the organization of the elections in the north and when their teams will go to the field for the preparation of the voting centers…
