Serbia’s interference in the Kosovo elections is harmful to the country’s democracy. This is how the official Belgrade’s pressure for the Serbian List to vote in the February 9 elections is commented on. Upon completion of this process, the European Union Election Observation Mission in Kosovo and the German ambassador, Jorn Rohde, reacted.
Abit Hoxha, a lecturer in the subject of media and conflict at the University of Agder in Norway, says that such interference by Serbia is made continuously.
“This is in the wake of the intervention that Serbia made through its exponents in Kosovo. It was expected. In the Balkans, the intervention in elections in neighboring countries is quite pronounced.
It was to the extent of the expectation. However, for Kosovo’s democracy, the intervention of another country, to vote in such an organized way, is not good”, says Hoxha.
Local institutions, as he says, should work with the Serbian community in Kosovo. In addition, he considers that the international community should not allow Serbia’s interference in the country.
