Officials of the Municipal Electoral Commissions (MEC), representing political parties, refuse to go to their workplaces in four municipalities in the north of the country because of their security.

The head of the Secretariat at the Central Election Commission, Burim Ahmetaj, has said that the MEC members in Leposaviq have stated that they will not go to work there even with police escort. Whereas the members of the CEC have discussed the possibility of replacing them in case they do not agree to work.

A few days ago, the officials faced attacks while they were trying to go to the election centers in the northern municipalities of the country. This is the reason why they are refusing to work in these circumstances, stressing that their physical safety is in question...