{"id":23018,"date":"2021-10-18T18:33:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T16:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=23018"},"modified":"2021-10-18T18:35:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T16:35:00","slug":"president-osmani-serbias-illegal-structures-influenced-municipal-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/president-osmani-serbias-illegal-structures-influenced-municipal-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"President Osmani: Serbia\u2019s illegal structures influenced municipal elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serbia\u2019s illegal structures have influenced the electoral race in municipalities inhabited by ethnic Serbs in Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>These were the words of President Vjosa Osmani during a meeting with a delegation of the EU\u2019s Election Observation\u00a0Mission.<\/p>\n<p>Osmani added that this undermined the fair race between political subjects as well as the free will of the voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to information provided by our institutions, the race in the municipalities inhabited by Serbs has been influenced by impositions of Serbia\u2019s illegal structures, who have undermined the race and the free will of the voters\u201d, declared President Osmani.<\/p>\n<p>Serb List in Kosovo, which maintains close ties with government structures in Serbia, won in Leposavic, north Mitrovica, Novoberda, Shterpca, Zubin Potok, Zvecan, Gracanica, Ranilug, and Partes, coming off as the party that has won the most municipalities in the local polls held on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, according to an official announcement released by the President\u2019s office, the EU\u2019s delegation commended the election process as \u201cdemocratic\u201d and \u201ccharacterized by professionalism and high institutional integrity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary results, seventeen municipalities elected their new mayors in the first round, while another twenty-one will go into a runoff.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling party, Levizja Vetevendose, was not able to secure enough votes to get any of its candidates elected and will face a runoff in 12 municipalities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/10\/18\/kurti-kosovo-excelled-in-the-organization-of-its-local-elections-vitia-will-be-mayor-after-runoffs\/\">Kurti: Kosovo excelled in its electoral organization; Vitia will be mayor after runoffs \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/10\/18\/live-results-vote-counting-begins-in-kosovo\/\">RESULTS: Over half of Kosovo\u2019s communes head to runoffs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/10\/18\/winner-determined-in-17-municipalities-remaining-to-face-election-runoff\/\">Winner determined in 17 municipalities, remaining to face election runoff<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbia\u2019s illegal structures have influenced the electoral race in municipalities inhabited by ethnic Serbs in Kosovo. These were the words of President Vjosa Osmani during a meeting with a delegation of the EU\u2019s Election Observation\u00a0Mission. Osmani added that this undermined the fair race between political subjects as well as the free will of the voters. 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