{"id":20184,"date":"2021-09-13T20:21:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T18:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=20184"},"modified":"2021-09-13T21:28:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T19:28:11","slug":"consensus-fails-president-osmani-elections-will-not-be-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/consensus-fails-president-osmani-elections-will-not-be-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"Consensus fails, President Osmani: Elections will not be postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Kosovo\u2019s President Vjosa Osmani declared that municipal elections will not be postponed.<\/p>\r\n<p>The President informed the media that opposition parties failed to reach an agreement with the ruling majority.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThe only way to postpone the elections is after reaching consensus between the party in power and the opposition\u201d, Osmani said.<\/p>\r\n<p>According to the President of Kosovo, health authorities appealed to the government to delay the date of the elections, due on October 17, amid a spike in COVID-19 mortalities, but it was the opposition that rejected the proposal.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cI respect the stance of the political parties but I do not agree with them. We can postpone the elections for a maximum of two months\u201d, she added.<\/p>\r\n<p>Earlier on, the Democratic League of Kosovo <a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/09\/02\/ldk-calls-to-cut-down-election-campaign-in-light-of-actual-covid-19-crisis\/\">called<\/a> to shorten the time of the election campaign over fears that large gatherings and rallies might contribute to spreading the virus.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Municipal elections in Kosovo are due on October 17.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/09\/11\/national-institute-of-public-health-calls-on-president-to-postpone-local-elections\/\">National Institute of Public Health calls on President to postpone local elections<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/09\/02\/ldk-calls-to-cut-down-election-campaign-in-light-of-actual-covid-19-crisis\/\"><strong>LDK calls to cut down election campaign in light of actual COVID-19 crisis<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s President Vjosa Osmani declared that municipal elections will not be postponed. The President informed the media that opposition parties failed to reach an agreement with the ruling majority. \u201cThe only way to postpone the elections is after reaching consensus between the party in power and the opposition\u201d, Osmani said. According to the President of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":20183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Consensus fails, President Osmani: Elections will not be postponed - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/consensus-fails-president-osmani-elections-will-not-be-postponed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Consensus fails, President Osmani: Elections will not be postponed - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kosovo\u2019s President Vjosa Osmani declared that municipal elections will not be postponed. 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