The Serb List, the largest party representing Serbs in Kosovo and supported by Belgrade, has accused the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Kosovo of \u201cpolitical manipulation\u201d due to what it called the \u201cunequal\u201d composition of polling station councils for counting votes in the October 12 local elections.<\/p>\n
During a press conference on September 8, the party also criticized the voter lists in Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo.<\/p>\n
The Serb List stated that it has submitted a complaint to the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP).<\/p>\n
Igor Simi\u0107, an official of the Serb List, said at a press conference that compared to the parliamentary elections held in February this year, a smaller number of voters has been observed in several municipalities, particularly in Leposavi\u0107 and North Mitrovica.<\/p>\n
According to Simi\u0107\u2019s claims, there are about 1,500 fewer voters on the electoral roll in Leposavi\u0107, and around 1,200 fewer in North Mitrovica.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found that voters in North Mitrovica have been removed from the polling station at the \u2018Sveti Sava\u2019 elementary school, where Serb citizens cast their ballots. This is a large number of voters that could drastically affect the results of the elections, both for municipal assembly members and for the mayor,\u201d Simi\u0107 declared.<\/p>\n
He added that in Gra\u010danica, near Pristina, the number of voters has \u201cdrastically increased,\u201d with over 2,000 more voters compared to the February parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n
Simi\u0107 said that the Serb List has not received an explanation from the CEC on these issues and called on ECAP, as well as the international community, to respond.<\/p>\n
Radio Free Europe (RFE\/RL) contacted the CEC regarding the Serb List\u2019s accusations, but the institution has not yet provided a response.<\/p>\n
The Serb List also claimed that the CEC has caused damage to the party regarding the composition of polling station councils.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the municipality of Novo Brdo there are 23 polling stations. The Serb List won 60 percent of the votes in the parliamentary elections, but we don\u2019t have a single chairperson at any polling station [in this municipality]. And not only that, we are missing nine members of the polling station councils, which means that in nine classrooms the Serb List will not be able to oversee this electoral process,\u201d Simi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Serb List, the largest party representing Serbs in Kosovo and supported by Belgrade, has accused the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Kosovo of \u201cpolitical manipulation\u201d due to what it called the \u201cunequal\u201d composition of polling station councils for counting votes in the October 12 local elections. During a press conference on September 8, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":80129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n