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The Self-Determination Movement won the snap parliamentary elections in Kosovo on Sunday, with 48.17 percent of the vote based on 99.88 votes processed, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced, Kossev reports.
Photo: FoNetAccording to the CEC, it is followed by the Kosovo Democratic Party with 17.71 percent, the Kosovo Democratic Alliance with 13.49 percent, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo with 7.60 percent, the Serbian List with 4, 57 percent and the Social Democratic Initiative with 2.57 percent. percent of votes.
Polling stations closed at 7pm
The president of the Central Electoral Commission of Kosovo (CEC), Valdete Dhaka, stated that, based on 98 percent of the data processed, in today’s early parliamentary elections, about 832 thousand people participated, that is, 46, 90 percent of registered voters.
According to her, that’s about three percent more than turnout in the elections held in October 2019.
The Serbian list is convincing in all municipalities with a Serbian majority
The Chairman of the Serbian List, Goran Rakić, announced that the list won all ten terms in early parliamentary elections, which are guaranteed for Serbian representatives in the Kosovo Assembly.
About 65,000 people went to the polls in Serbian areas of Kosovo, five percent more than in the last elections, Rakic said.
“The elections were held in special circumstances due to the pandemic, due to the hundreds of tricks that Pristina wanted to reduce the strength of the Serbian people, that is, the strength of the Serbian List.” We thwarted their intentions with unity, “Rakic said.
Vučić congratulated the Serbian roster
“To congratulate our people if they won ten seats,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said of the Hit Tweet on Pink program, shortly after the chairman of the North Mitrovica Serbian List, Goran Rakić, announced the party’s performance in Kosovo. Parliamentary elections.
He says that he expected the victory of the Serbian List, which was something important and good news.
When the journalist stated that the Serbian List had won the 10 seats belonging to the Serbian community in Kosovo, the president asked “Isn’t it true that Rada Trajković won nothing?”
He then added that the Serbs in Kosovo know “who does what for them and who does it in their interest.”
However, we are facing a difficult period, he said, announcing “important information.”
“We received information that Albanians are trying to join Kosovo as an international institution in the Conference of Constitutional Courts,” Vucic said.
Serbia will monitor the situation, and if it turns out to be true in early March, “then that means that Pristina does not respect any rule of the Washington Accord,” the Serbian president added.
Hoti: I take responsibility for the results
The Democratic Alliance of Kosovo (LDK) candidate for Prime Minister Avdulah Hoti said tonight that the results of today’s early parliamentary elections are different from what they expected and that he takes full responsibility for the situation that has been created.
“I will discuss it with the LDK bodies. I hope that the CEC will announce the election results as soon as possible and that the institutions will be formed as soon as possible.” As the acting prime minister, I will do my best to transfer the power of the normal way, “said Hoti.
He said that the LDK will be a constructive opposition in the Kosovo Assembly.
The eighth parliamentary elections in Kosovo since 1999 were held in Kosovo today, with the participation of 21 political parties, two coalitions and five civic initiatives.
A total of 1,052 candidates ran for 120 seats in the Kosovo Assembly.
1,794,862 citizens had the right to vote, voting at 888 centers across Kosovo, in a total of 2,382 polling stations.
Hoxhaj: DPK will be the leader of the opposition
The interim chairman of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK), Enver Hoxhaj, acknowledged the victory of the Self-Determination Movement (PS) in Sunday’s early parliamentary elections and said that as the largest party, it remains in opposition.
“The results of the elections put the PS first, that is a clear message and we as DPK have accepted it as such. I congratulate PS for the result obtained, ”said Hoxhaj.
DPK will not be part of the PS government, because we have great political differences and we do not compromise with the values of our party, he said.
“Kosovo needs stability and we, as DPK, will be a factor of stability in the opposition,” said Hoxhaj.
According to the results published so far on the CEC Kosovo website, the DPK is the second party with 17.64 percent of the votes.
The eighth parliamentary elections since 1999 were held in Kosovo today, with the participation of 21 political parties, two coalitions and five civic initiatives.
A total of 1,052 candidates ran for 120 seats in the Kosovo Assembly.
In the February 14 elections, 1,794,862 citizens were eligible to vote, voting in 888 centers in a total of 2,382 polling stations.
Kosovo Police: There were no serious incidents during the elections
Today, the Kosovo Police assessed that the voting in the early parliamentary elections in Kosovo proceeded without serious incidents, which could have affected the course of the elections.
“The police successfully implemented an operational plan for the conduct of the electoral process, which was aimed at ensuring security, order, peace and public safety in the country before and after the electoral process throughout Kosovo,” the statement said .
The police, in cooperation and coordination with the State Prosecutor’s Office, initiated three cases related to the elections, which did not affect the development of the electoral process.
One case in Lipjan was identified as “obstruction of the voting process”, where a person was arrested and sent to detention for 48 hours by decision of the competent prosecutor.
The other two cases, one in Prizren and one in Fushë Kosovë / Kosovo Polje, were identified as “Violation of the secrecy of voting”, and prosecutors referred both cases to ordinary procedure.
“The police remain committed to guaranteeing constitutional order, creating an environment of peace and security for all citizens, until the end of the entire electoral process,” the statement concluded.
Spanish newspaper on elections in Kosovo: Kurti will win and complicate negotiations with Serbia
Reviews of the elections in Kosovo today are rare in the EU media, especially with the assessment that the outcome will complicate Kosovo’s negotiations with Serbia.
The Spanish newspaper “País” estimates that the “expected victory of the Self-Determination Movement” will complicate the negotiations because its leader, Albin Kurti, “set unattainable preconditions.”
The Pristina reporter “paisa” noted that dialogue with Serbia “is not at all on the agenda of the Self-Determination Movement, although it is fundamental for both parties.”
The Spanish newspaper writes that the voters surveyed emphasized that it is important for them to reduce unemployment and corruption, the problem is the EU’s refusal to abolish visas for Kosovo, but relations with Serbia are not on the list of important issues for they.
The report cites a statement by analysts from the Pristina GAP Institute of Socio-Economic Affairs that “the elections will be much more a vote against the old politics than for the Self-Determination Movement.”
Voters surveyed stated that “self-determination is the least bad of all …, so let’s try it,” concludes “Country.”
CCA: More than 43,000 packages of diaspora ballots
The Central Election Commission says it received 43,477 voting packages, which they sent to Kosovo citizens living abroad, RTK reported.
CEC spokesman Valmir Eljezi told Radio Free Europe that the acceptance of these packages was done under the supervision of law enforcement agencies.
“The acceptance of these packages was carried out under the supervision of the Kosovo police and observers from political entities and accredited non-governmental organizations,” Eljezi said.
The deadline for mailing ballots was February 2-12.
Previously, the CEC announced that 103,582 citizens outside of Kosovo had the right to vote in the early parliamentary elections on February 14.
This institution verified the voters abroad through telephone calls and said that about 27 thousand voting requests were rejected.
From central Serbia, organized elections
As RTS reported, displaced people from Kosovo left Belgrade last night, and this morning from Kraljevo, organized by buses, to Kosovo and Metohija to exercise their right and vote.
Vesna Milojevic from the Office for Kosovo and Metohija in Kraljevo told RTS that since the weather got worse due to the epidemiological situation, they are more than satisfied with the response of the people who took their time and decided to go to Kosovo and Metohija with they.
A spokesman for the Kosovo Central Election Commission said the process was overseen by some 30,000 accredited observers.
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